Future (space)ships

These drawings are some very cool concept designs of sci-fi-y spaceships and their environments. Lovely.

Too true

This really is. And I thought I was alone.

Dr. Horrible

A creative new format that probably won’t catch on, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog made by Joss Whedon (of ‘Buffy’ fame, which I’m a huge fan of) is an enjoyable web experiment that’s worth checking out for the humor, songs, and story in a small package.

Best mating area

It’s nice to know that Madison ranks highly, as I’m available. (Note: was number one in their magazine but is last of the group online.)

Back in service

Breaking news. Well, that’s a relief (literally).

Spheres of light

These simple illuminated orbs are a fantastic outdoor decoration idea as the beautiful photos show. They seem to belong in their environment.

Paper cutouts

Wonderful paper art by Peter Callesen where the three dimensional creations spring forth from contiguous cutouts of a single piece of white paper.

Fireworks illustration

I really like the style of these illustrations by Ryan hicks using Fireworks which makes certain techniques intuitive. Found here.

Obama delegate switches to Hillary

It’s not a headline you would see, as at this stage it only goes the other way. But I wonder, is there a Hillary supporting superdelagate that once was an Obama supporter?

The worst

I’d have to agree, completely. There’s no reason to wait to judge. But there could be worse in the future, however unlikely.

Geo-tracking my moves

It’s thrilling to see a plot of precisely where you’ve been. Below is a map of my biking routes for one day recently as I went from home to work, created from GPS data taken every 30 seconds as I biked to and from work, about 13 miles. Also shown is the scenic 20 mile Capitol City Trail loop around town in orange which goes through farmland, swamps, forested areas and the city.

I was able to do this using the GeoChron, an easy to use GPS data logger. It’s readily configurable: set a few settings in a text file on an SD card and you’re ready to gather points at whatever interval you choose, from every second to once a day. I can see my weather balloon project using this. The accuracy is also quite impressive, usually less than 3 meters, thanks to WAAS which makes it more accurate than you could get otherwise.