Category: Defies Description

I’ll explain later.… Read more

Just checked my e-mail for the first time in a few hours and saw this note from my web hosting service about yesterdays gobs and gobs of downtime at theLogBook:

We recommend you clear your browser cache and flush your DNS… but I also checked the server and found that the http service on it was restarted; that was most likely the cause of the temporary downtime.

I think that’s geekspeak for “It’s not you, it’s me, but you still need to flush more often.” 😆 Actually, if I’m being asked to wipe my browser cache, I think I’m being told to flush and wipe more often.

Okay, okay, I concede defeat, but I’m still a guy – you’re gonna have to put the lid and seat down for yourself, web host.… Read more

I spent my Saturday hawking my wares at Darkon today in Tulsa. For those not in the know, it’s a horror/supernatural/just a little bit of sci-fi type convention, and as usual I was pounding the pavement – well, the carpet – well, that sounds way dirtier than I meant it to – trying to sell copies of VWORP!1. And there was some awesome stuff to see there. … Read more

I don’t know how I managed to sleep through this particular event, but apparently in 2007 and then again in 2008, the Japanese Kaguya lunar orbiter filmed a pair of Earthrises and Earthsets in full 1080 HD. You can watch them online, squashed down to an unfortunate 480 x 270:

2008 event (absolutely astounding, even in low-res)
2007 event (impressive, but not as jaw-dropping)

I know I had a baby I was dealing with at the time, but man, how did I miss this? Please tell me it showed up as a blip on everyone else’s radar. … Read more