Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Mars...
I think this pic is really neat, although very surreal at the same time...I think it's the way the equipment contrasts with the Mars terrain?? Plus, in all of the pics I've ever seen on the surface of Mars, the rocks always seem super uniform and perfectly placed?? Maybe it's just me...?
Monday, September 1, 2008
Duck Pond...Fountain CIty, TN...
Random pic taken a while back...The Duck Pond in Fountain City, TN...Basically still Knoxville..Right down the road from where I live...I need to spend a little time there and get some better pics because this one didn't turn out too well...Kinda bored so I thought I'd post it anyway!
Panhead
I've posted pics of it before...Probably even this one, but I can't find my most recent pics that I took of it with the wheels mounted and a few other misc things...Gotta put the mid controls on, make a small grab bar/fender support for the, uhh, rear fender and mount the brake(s)...Then just a bunch of other small misc things to do and it'll be finished...Oh, and I changed the distributor out for a Morris MM74 magneto...At the rate that I've been going with this thing and with the mid project changes that I've made, I should be finished with it in, ohhh, say another 10 years or so! haha...Hopefully not:
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Hopefully it'll be available in the US for 2009:
I've posted pics of the new HD XR1200 on here before...I like it...Lots of neat stuff on this bike...In my opinion, HD has pretty much gone down the tubes with all of its recent models, but I'm really liking the new XR1200...Take the mirrors off and I'd ride this thing all day long...Too bad they are only offering it to Europe and Africa for 2008...Hopefully, it'll hit the states in 2009...I want one:
Friday, August 29, 2008
Do it!
Now more than ever! If you don't, then you have no right or reason to complain about the state of this country after the election! Or years to come for that matter!
More Mars stuff...
Taken from the NASA website:
"Above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer. But, this period of maximum solar energy is past.
On Sol 86, or the 86th Martian day after Phoenix landed on the Red planet, the sun fully set behind a slight rise to the north for about half an hour. This red-filter image taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager, shows the sun rising on the morning of sol 90, Aug. 25, 2008, the last day of the Phoenix nominal mission.
The image was taken at 51 minutes past midnight local solar time during the slow sunrise that followed a 75-minute "night." The skylight in the image is light scattered off atmospheric dust particles and ice crystals.
The setting sun does not mean the end of the mission. In late July, the Phoenix Mission was extended through September, rather than the 90-sol duration originally planned as the prime mission."
"Above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer. But, this period of maximum solar energy is past.
On Sol 86, or the 86th Martian day after Phoenix landed on the Red planet, the sun fully set behind a slight rise to the north for about half an hour. This red-filter image taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager, shows the sun rising on the morning of sol 90, Aug. 25, 2008, the last day of the Phoenix nominal mission.
The image was taken at 51 minutes past midnight local solar time during the slow sunrise that followed a 75-minute "night." The skylight in the image is light scattered off atmospheric dust particles and ice crystals.
The setting sun does not mean the end of the mission. In late July, the Phoenix Mission was extended through September, rather than the 90-sol duration originally planned as the prime mission."
I've always liked astronomy...
and thought that this was a cool pic...Sunrise on Mars...Looks pretty nice if you ask me??
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Max Grundy...
does some very cool artwork...I have a few of his pieces, but this is probably one of my favorites thus far:
OK!
Interesting...This little robot is actually powered by parts of a rat's brain that allows it to make decisions, etc...Pretty interesting, but kinda weird at the same time while thinking to what ends something like this could lead too!
The website is worth a look too:
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
The website is worth a look too:
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
This is crazy...
When completed, this will be the world's tallest building...It's located in Burj, Dubai...Looks like they are doing some interesting architectural stuff in Dubai, as I've seen some crazy pics of structures that have been built there in the past...
I'm wondering who or what is going to be located on the top floor of this thing??
I'm wondering who or what is going to be located on the top floor of this thing??
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tallahassee...
On my way back from Tallahassee...Pretty uneventful week...that is, unless you consider a Tropical Storm heading directly towards you, uneventful? Left town as soon as the rain started today...They are calling for like 15 inches or something like that...15 inches of rain + drought conditions = flooding!
Unfortunately, DuPont doesn't pay me hazard pay and I don't get paid enough to work during a hurricane, so I made an executive decision to head north back towards home...probably a good idea...I have some pics to post at some point...
Unfortunately, DuPont doesn't pay me hazard pay and I don't get paid enough to work during a hurricane, so I made an executive decision to head north back towards home...probably a good idea...I have some pics to post at some point...
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