November 27, 2005 • 8:18 pm 0
Learn about Perseus and Triangulum in the December Sky. Can you find the Double Cluster or see the rings of Saturn? Binoculars will do, for making these and other observations this month.
The Geminids are showering the skies with meterorites midmonth.
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November 26, 2005 • 11:13 pm 5
I’ve got to try this. No doubt it looks easier than it is. You can watch it done in the Galleries at Rock On where it looks like a snap.
In High School we used to balance the lunch room salt shakers on the edge of their base. There was a trick to it though and I’d hate to spoil your fun by spilling the beans.
Here in Utah we have natural Hoodoos that are sometimes as precarious looking as these. Actually, I think nature used the same method we used in the cafeteria. Rock On, doesn’t make the secret very obvious, but I wouldn’t rule it out either.
Either way, the effect is nice.
This one is remarkable. The center of balance seems way off. At this point it really becomes a work of art. Of course, the artist’s finger could be holding the top rock, just outside the picture frame.
What else could we stack? Appliances? Fruit? (the Japanese are disqualified!) Junk Cars?
Pastry?
These’ll probably last longer than the stones.
Here’s the photo of a Red Fleet hoodoo mentioned by Reverie Wings in the comments. It was sooooo impressive I had to include it.
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• 2:20 pm 1
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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November 22, 2005 • 5:58 am 0
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• 5:06 am 0
Check out National Geographic’s Critter Cam. I liked the Emperor Penguins the best.
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• 4:46 am 0
November 20, 2005 • 5:57 am 1
For a great tour of Space, check out Space Wander. It is a pretty neat pictorial view of what’s out there. The presentation takes about 12 minutes and gets better as it goes. It’s nothing new, but it is nice to see it all on one concise presentation.
Should be good therapy if you happen to be feeling full of yourself. 
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• 4:51 am 0
For storage convenience, the Japanese have developed a way to grow square watermelons.
Must be grown in a box, I suppose. There wouldn’t be heels, but might not fit on a round plate. My wife has a cute quilted wall hanging with square watermelons, she beat them to it; but I’d rather eat than look at them.
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• 12:44 am 0
Watch this scene come alive with the warming of Spring. Time lapse photography taken over four months.
Go to Playing With Time, click on Features to see and do, then click on Galleries.
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• 12:07 am 1
Neave Lab does some really neat Flash Programs.
The Planetarium is exceptional. You can move around the current night sky and test your ability to recognize constellations. As you pass the cursor over a star a pop up tells you the name of the star and the constellation to which it belongs.
Also, on the same page is a neat product that maximizes Google Maps or MSN Virtual Earth. You can smoothly zoom in and out of views of your favorite places on this wonderful planet of ours.
You’ll want to set the time to correspond with the time you’ll be out actually looking at the sky. Also, you’ll want to set the latitude and longitude to match your location. Here in Eastern Utah we’re at Latitude 40 and Longitude -109.
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November 16, 2005 • 4:34 am 1
Possibly the oldest living creature on the planet and certainly the oldest in captivity, Harriet the Galapagos Tortoise has turned 175 years old.
Harriet was actually collected in 1835 by none other than Charles Darwin! She was the size of a dinner plate back then and was five years of age.
Darwin took her to London where she lived for a few years before being taken to Australia where she has lived for over 150 years.
If only she could talk! Learn more.
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November 1, 2005 • 4:45 am 1
“I always wanted to
be somebody…
I should have been more specific.”
Lily Tomlin
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