Category: Links Dump

NASA – LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites "NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon’s surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules’ locations evident. The Lunar Reconnaissance… Continue reading links for 2009-07-21

Open Left:: Sotomayor Hearings For The Hearing Impaired "Oh how I long for the dignified workplace I once had at SNL." (tags: race politics US law stupid) Weekend Diversion: A Charity Challenge! : Starts With A Bang If Ethan gets at least 100 people to donate $10 or volunteer 4 hours for charity, he’ll shave… Continue reading links for 2009-07-20

Clowns Kicked KKK Asses – Neatorama "“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”. “White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced… Continue reading links for 2009-07-19

slacktivist: TF: Bruce’s sermon, part 1 "There’s a monster at the end of this book. And if the authors succeed at what they’ve set out to do, that monster is you. That’s part of why one should only read these books slowly, in small, weekly doses, while pausing to scream at or mock every page."… Continue reading links for 2009-07-18

Bad Boys | Film | A.V. Club "From this rich central dynamic, all manner of hilarity springs. Smith is fastidious about the upkeep of his expensive sports car. Lawrence is a slob who gets his messy hamburger all over its glistening interior! How will they ever be able to work together? My curiosity was piqued!… Continue reading links for 2009-07-16

funny-pictures-cat-upsets-your-gravity.jpg (JPEG Image, 500×398 pixels) Finally, the problem with quantum gravity is revealed. (tags: pictures silly animals internet physics gravity quantum) Robert Wright: Why the "New Atheists" are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy "It must strike progressive atheists as a stroke of bad luck that Christopher Hitchens, leading atheist spokesperson, happens to have hawkish views on… Continue reading links for 2009-07-15

Confessions of a Community College Dean: College Prep "In some circles, ‘college’ is an undifferentiated term for a place that other people go to get the kinds of jobs that other people get. It’s probably some kind of racket, though the exact workings are hard to detail. In some circles, ‘college’ is a place to… Continue reading links for 2009-07-14

Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Beyond the Aryth Ocean: Part 1: A review of selected maps in fantasy novels "[L]et’s take a look at some of the great maps of fantasy literature. This is by no means a complete list of the great ones, or even the most well known.… Continue reading links for 2009-07-13

P.G. Wodehouse | Books | A.V. Club "Logistics and aesthetics stand in the way of anyone wishing to dive into P.G. Wodehouse’s canon. His work sprawls over 90 books published over 75 years, most of which are constantly sneaking in and out of print, many of which have different British and American publication titles. His… Continue reading links for 2009-07-10

Physics Buzz: Watch this! "Forget the cheesy narrator and hokey graphics. Wobble the camera like you’re Michel Gondry filming Eternal Sunshine. Ditch the pseudo-techno soundtrack that makes the kids shake their heads at you for trying to be hip, and go for something understated. Then you might have something as good as Colliding Particles. The… Continue reading links for 2009-07-09