Archive for August, 2003

Mars Attacks!

Posted in science on August 28th, 2003 by larcher – Be the first to comment

That’s right, the Communist Red Planet is closer to Earth now than it has been in the past 60,000 years. Look for the bright red thing in the east after sunset. ( I really should buy a telescope one of these days. )
The Astronomy Picture of the Day has plenty of information and linkification. If you want to know exactly when sunset is tonight, you could consult the US Naval Observatory’s website.

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters!

Posted in funny on August 26th, 2003 by larcher – Be the first to comment

(… from a planet near Mars) We went to Half Price Books the other day. Walked straight in the door and immediately noticed these in the very front of the comic book racks. Of course, I had to buy all three issues they had. ;-) I thought Adam might be interested in them too …

Mappiness is a warm Perl script

Posted in geek on August 20th, 2003 by larcher – Be the first to comment

Chris has started hacking out a HREF="http://ck1.is-a-geek.org/map/index.pl">map-based picture browser ..
very nifty. Who knew there were perl modules out there that will put dots on a
map for you? :)

See also:

  • Indy Jr. – maps your travels with Flash
  • GeoURL – find webpages based on location (ex: other pages near this page )
  • GeoBlog – Flash map that lights up with dots as people post to blogs around the world
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