comiXtreme (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... inappropriate and decides enough is enough. In the meanertime, some old faces have returned from a long voyage in space and they can't believe the changes that have occurred on earth, especially in light of Darksied's latest venture. Wow. Just wow. Gail Simone hit one out of the park with this issue. She is really pushing her writing style, giving it a harder edge and a darker tone....
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... RULE, which began as a disarmament conference but evolved into an intrusive, totalitarian state along 1984 lines. RULE has sent IC-1 on a long voyage beyond the solar system to establish an Earth colony (the pilot of Lost in Space tried something similar), with a specially-selected crew of four healthy couples (plus some extras in 2001-style freezer cabinets), their three children...
ARLT Weblog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... shoreline, leaving him with a fairly long distance to walk to the nearest town and an even longer voyage back to Rome and his home estate outside the city. To be fair, they probably had no idea who they were dealing with. Unfortunately for these particular pirates, Caesar, being Caesar, raised a fleet, hunted down the men that took him captive and exacted his revenge in true Roman...
Bad Astronomy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
During the 10-day long voyage to the Galapagos Islands in August sponsored by the James Randi Eeducational Foundation, we took along a copy of The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin’s diary of his ground-breaking trip 150 years ago. Some smart cookie asked all of us to sign the book, and now that autographed copy is [...]
Portable Apps 4u USB stick (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... manner. Thus, it is possible to move from one planet to another, to follow a space probe on its long voyage or to observe a celestial event from a place to which you could never go. The use of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s DE 404 planetary theories allows us to have a precise representation of the events displayed.Here are the chief characteristics of the software:? a database of...
Car Reviews (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... The driver seat is one of the best in its category; it adjust in all directions and supportive on long voyages. A radio CD player is standard; air conditioning, satellite navigation and electrical windows are on a large list of options. On the road, Iveco Daily is the safest van on the world; it has massive side rubbing strips and plastic bumpers aft and front, to avoid little scrapes....
DTS (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The magic and food. • Centuries ago, in the Far East, travelers who had to undertake long voyages, consulted an oracle very special; opened three pods of peas, showed these grains into the air and as the figure who knew what they were to fall fate awaited them on the road . • To have a year full of such economic welfare and at home should not miss branches of pine, mistletoe, cedar leaves,...
Space Ref (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... be building out the Allen Telescope Array from 42 to 350 antennas, and thus can look forward to a long-term relationship." For the New Horizons observation, made Sept. 10, operators used a synthesized beam formed with 11 of the array's 6.1-meter (20 foot) antennas - a method called "beamforming" that electronically combines the antennas into a single virtual telescope. The 8.4-GHz spacecraft...
Venus Today (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... be building out the Allen Telescope Array from 42 to 350 antennas, and thus can look forward to a long-term relationship." For the New Horizons observation, made Sept. 10, operators used a synthesized beam formed with 11 of the array's 6.1-meter (20 foot) antennas - a method called "beamforming" that electronically combines the antennas into a single virtual telescope. The 8.4-GHz spacecraft...
Crime & Federalism (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... for xenoestrogens and other environmental toxins. Interestingly, bird exposed to DDT die during long voyages, because the DDT stored into their fat cells are released when fat is burned for energy. So if you eat high-fat beef, make sure it's organic or grass-fed. Otherwise, you're literally eating the same toxins as factory-farmed animals. (You have seen "Meet Your Meat," I hope.)...
intheboatshed.net (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
From the top - three photos of Steve Taylor’s 1923 Hillyard, Dorma, followed by one of Alan Thorne’s double-ender, Nissa. As usual, click on the photos for larger images After posting about a seriously long voyage a moment ago, I thought I’d share some photos from a remarkably short one. On a nearly windless morning, Bob Telford, [...]
Environment Blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
'Man finishes voyage on paper boat using ping pong paddles' Say no to iron, steel and fossil fuels, Zhu Yalin, a chemistry teacher from Meishan, has set an example for all environment lovers. He made a paper boat using every day paper, two ping...
