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Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:48:48 -0400

NASA Social Jumpers

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:04:19 -0500

NASA Social Jumpers

"There is very little to be done about all this when space is limited, crowds are large, and humans..."

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:45:45 -0500

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There is very little to be done about all this when space is limited, crowds are large, and humans always — always — put things off until the last minute. But Grand Central, for years now, has relied on a system meant to mitigate, if not prevent, all the crazy. It is this: The times displayed on Grand Central’s departure boards are wrong — by a full minute. This is permanent. It is also purposeful.

The idea is that passengers rushing to catch trains they’re about to miss can actually be dangerous — to themselves, and to each other. So conductors will pull out of the station exactly one minute after their trains’ posted departure times. That minute of extra time won’t be enough to disconcert passengers too much when they compare it to their own watches or smartphones … but it is enough, the thinking goes, to buy late-running train-catchers just that liiiiiitle bit of extra time that will make them calm down a bit. Fast clocks make for slower passengers.

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- Fascinating read on why the clocks at Grand Central are permanently, deliberately wrong. (via explore-blog)

I do this in my home!

nasafans: Happy 6 month anniversary to Mars Curiosity Rover!!

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:12:06 -0500

nasafans:

Happy 6 month anniversary to Mars Curiosity Rover!!

laughingsquid: Bones Found Under a Parking Lot, Confirmed as...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:16:50 -0500

laughingsquid:

Bones Found Under a Parking Lot, Confirmed as King Richard III

kaiyves: lightthiscandle: A 1960s photo showcasing the latest...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:18:28 -0500

kaiyves:

lightthiscandle:

A 1960s photo showcasing the latest wedding dress from French fashion designer Pierre Balmain. The groom’s suit is very nice as well.

One of the few times when the groom’s outfit is more expensive than the bride’s…

nasafans: Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Gordan...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:55:11 -0500

nasafans:

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / Gordan Ugarkovic

Gorgeous.

Maggie Smith FTW

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:54:06 -0500

So much awesome.

wilwheaton: Redditor romero_love made the best Halloween...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:11:19 -0500

wilwheaton:

Redditor romero_love made the best Halloween costume EVER for his daughter, wins at everything.

YES!

wired: Western Australia braces for Narelle, a category 3...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:06:20 -0500

wired:

Western Australia braces for Narelle, a category 3 tropical cyclone and the dust storm it’s bringing along for the ride.

[via The Brisbane Times]

Holy Smokes!

nasafans: I Want My NTV!

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:44:16 -0500

nasafans:

I Want My NTV!

Go Out of this World at the Presidential Inauguration with NASA

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:02:13 -0500

Get over to NASA.gov asap to register for a chance to spend the Presidential Inauguration with NASA at their HQs in DC.

afternoonsnoozebutton: “Dear Internet” by Tina Fey From...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:05:11 -0500

afternoonsnoozebutton:

“Dear Internet” by Tina Fey

From PerezHilton.com/Posted by jerkstore on Wednesday, 1/21/2009, 11:21 P.M.

“In my opinion Tina Fey completely ruined SNL. The only reason she’s celebrated is because she’s a woman and an outspoken liberal. She has not a single funny bone in her body.”

“Dear jerkstore,

Huzzah for the Truth Teller! Women in this country have been over-celebrated for too long. Just last night there was a story on my local news about a “missing girl,” and they must have dedicated seven or eight minutes to “where she was last seen” and “how she might have been abducted by a close family friend,” and I thought, “What is this, the News for Chicks?” Then there was some story about Hillary Clinton flying to some country because she’s secretary of state. Why do we keep talking about these dumdums? We are a society that constantly celebrates no one but women and it must stop! I want to hear what the men of the world have been up to. What fun new guns have they invented? What are they raping these days? What’s Michael Bay’s next film going to be?

When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn’t think anyone would notice, but I persevered because—like you trying to do a nine-piece jigsaw puzzle—it was a labor of love.

I’m not one to toot my own horn, but I feel safe with you, jerkstore, so I’ll say it. Everything you ever hated on SNL was by me, and anything you ever liked was by someone else who did it against my will.

Sincerely,

Tina Fey

P.S. You know who does have a funny bone in her body? Your mom every night for a dollar.”

(source)

GOP Team Leader Added to Political Tech Timeline on TechPresident

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:39:07 -0500

Head over to TechPresident.com and read about the history of tech in politics. While there, you can see that GOPTeamLeader.com was added in the beginning of 2001, as the first “gamified” political web site. As the former director of it, I think that’s pretty cool :-)

laughingsquid: Minimalism is Simple Yes - “…but...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:05:41 -0500

laughingsquid:

Minimalism is Simple

Yes - “…but less is more difficult than it looks.”

martinekenblog: Queen’s Guard Driver USB Memory Stick

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:14:08 -0500

martinekenblog:

Queen’s Guard Driver USB Memory Stick

"Through the eyepiece of an optical telescope, you see something right in front of you, and your..."

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:28:10 -0500

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Through the eyepiece of an optical telescope, you see something right in front of you, and your brain says, there it is: a jellybean, four feet away. Of course, Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and far-flung as it gets, but that doesn’t compute. It might be the farthest thing you’ll ever see, but it looks so close, and in the absence of contextual clues, the ordinary functioning of perspective fires and misses.

And so your awe is self-inflicted. Your awe is one you name to yourself. You almost have to say it out loud, “that’s Neptune,” forcing the cognitive dissonance into place. Once there, accepting that your mind has seen farther than biological limitation is its own challenge; the implications take their time unfolding.

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- Astronomer Claire L. Evans on viewing planets through telescope. Complement with a flipside of sorts – astronauts on the psychology of cosmic awe when looking at Earth from space.

Also see: A naked-eye tour of the night sky.
(via explore-blog)

mashable: Miss Venezuela gives the most awesomely bad answer to...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:30 -0500

mashable:

Miss Venezuela gives the most awesomely bad answer to the question, “If you could make a new law, what would it be? And explain why.”

Are we sure she’s not from South Carolina?

Eye in the Sky

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:15:14 -0500

nasafans:

Stars are one of the fundamental building blocks of the Universe. Huge, hot, and powerful, they emit energy that can be detected across vast reaches of space. For as long as they live (so to speak) they glow with a fierce luminosity.

And even when they die they can announce their presence in weird and wonderful ways.

Meet U Camelopardalis, just such a dying star about 1400 light years from Earth.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA and H. Olofsson (Onsala Space Observatory)

Google mashup of 2012 Internet memes Personally, I like the...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:37:00 -0500

Google mashup of 2012 Internet memes

Personally, I like the first half better than the second.