This seems like a pretty good way to end the day and start a Monday evening.
Category: Etc
Crazy iTunes Memes
Ok here is mine:
Total number of tracks: 23750
Sort by song title:
* First Song: … And The Mouse Ploice Never Sleep – Jethro Tull
* Last Song: Zydeco Boogie Woogie – Jocque, Beau & The Zydeco
Sort by time:
* Shortest Song: The grand Vizier’s Garden Party (Entrance) (1:00) Pink Floyd
* Longest Song: Echoes (25:27) Pink Floyd
Henry David Thoreau
A man is rich in proportion to the number of
things which he can afford to let alone. –
Henry David Thoreau
Tropical Storm Arlene
Crazygirl just posted about tropical storm Arlene. That gave me the perfect chance to try out Megatrack for OSX after having it downloaded for a while. The image below was taken from its jpg capture option then I cropped it in PhotoShop. She also linked to the National Hurricane Service, where you can subscribe to the XML Feed to get updates, very nice of them.
A shot of Tropical Storm Arlene taken form Megatrack today.
Funny Spam
Its not often that I read any spam, but i got this one today and thought I would share the top of it.
“Dear Dude
It is with trust and believe that I write to you…..blah blah”
Very nice.
Water Once Filled Mars Opportunity Rover Landing Site
“The landing site of the Mars rover Opportunity was once drenched with water, providing an environment that could have supported life, NASA scientists announced at a press conference today.” – More
So I finally take a break and there is some cool news. I’m sure most news junkies are way ahead of me.
European Firebird-Conference 2004
The European Firebird Conference will take place May 16th – 18th, 2004 (Sunday thru Tuesday) at Fulda, Germany
We will begin on Sunday at 6:00 pm with an Opening Session.
The main event starts Monday at 9:00 am with the first Speaker Session.
To bad its so far away.
Mars Stuff
It was another interesting weekend for us space geeks. Opportunity Landed on Mars. It was interesting to watch the control room as things were unfolding, its had to be quite a rush for all those involved when it landed safely. They were all celebrating and cheering, what a cool project. It even managed to catch its shadow as it headed down. Space.com also has a Mars Rover Update Page.
Holiday Lights Around Dallas
For my fellow Dallasians (is that right?) Dallasites (thanks Mike) the GuideLive has some information up on view lights this year.
We are all nerds now
The Guardian has a good article up on nerdom. Worth the read on this rainy cold lunch hour, at least here its rainy and cold.
