One day in the solar system…
All pictures taken within the last 24 hours throughout the solar system.
Not bad, humanity, not bad at all. More days like this, please.… Read more
All pictures taken within the last 24 hours throughout the solar system.
Not bad, humanity, not bad at all. More days like this, please.… Read more
I knew it. I knew it. It’s been percolating all day in the back of my head and I knew it – it would make a perfect classic Star Trek episode title.
Murray Buttes, Mars, day before yesterday, stitched together in ~10 minutes from images on the Curiosity raw image server. The seams show in a couple of places, but if you can overlook those… look upon it in wonder. Click to see a (much, much) bigger version.… Read more
More big, lovely GIFfage follows the jump. … Read more
Last month, following running conversations with several fellow podcasters (some in private, some out in the open) about sound quality, I spotted an “open box” Blue Yeti microphone on Amazon. It was classified as “used”, though the listing specified that all it was missing was the box and the manual, and it had not really been “used” used. It was marked down roughly 50% – a huge thing, since a brand new Yeti will typically relieve you of over $100. With shipping, this one was about $65. And…I spotted the listing at the worst possible time. I was dead broke.
Even though my next paycheck was more or less spoken for, I decided I’d pull the trigger and buy that Yeti if it was still there on my next payday. And it was. And now it’s mine. … Read more
Fair warning: giant GIF animation. Giant beautiful GIF animation. May take a moment to load, but it’s totally worth it. … Read more