“They” finally turned it off. Six or seven years they’ve been sending me those Visa debit cards, and six or seven years I’ve been throwing them in the filing cabinet. (Would have just thrown them away, but you never know when the big kibosh is coming.) Well, it came last week sometime. I found out … Read more
See, I don’t. I don’t care about the earth. I’m an environmentalist when I can measure the direct impact on my pocketbook. I use compact fluorescents, but only because they’re cheaper to run. See? Like that. No, I’m teasing you! Really! Well, mostly. Actually, I’m not sure at all. There is a big arena of … Read more
OK, how cool would it be to fly a survey craft over Mars? Yesterday’s Astronomy Picture of the Day simulates exactly that, using a synthesis of data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Spirit rover. It’s really something. Check it out here.