Picture taken of today’s solar eclipse taken by astrophotographer Thierry Legault in Oman.
Click on the image to enlarge and see the International Space Station (thot it was a TIE-Fighter when I first saw the smaller image) :
http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/eclipse110104_solar_transit_33.jpg
Article with links for more pics here:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/04/insanely-awesome-solar-eclipse-picture/
I wasn’t sure where I wanted to post this, but I saw it and thought of Chuck (and the GWC community).
Heh, heh, . . . “the wings make it hard to park” . . .
Flying Motorcycles anyone?
You wanna live like Gaius “Frakking” Baltar?? Here’s your chance! 
“Exclusive opportunity to rent Boltar’s Home. Live like the Man Himself and Enjoy the Amazing Panoramic Views”
from http://io9.com/5725647/rent-out-gaius-baltars-vancouver-apartment
only 4350 Canadian $/month
just make sure you take Tricia with you in case of nuclear attack.
you know. you can hide behind her…
I’ve always dreamed of living in “Boltar’s” swanky digs! Is there a Number Six lurking about in a closet anywhere?
Looks good, but I’ll take my chances with Sharon.
Larger version here:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_legikn8rPI1qatgt2o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1294704994&Signature=oYt0TPKu78tgcF91sYekF3Y72rI%3D
Hehe, is the SEGA Dreamcast somewhere hidden in the bunch? I remember playing Sonic on a friend’s device ages ago.
Nice steampunk creation. Will he have seen Han on the skiff??
In honour of the GWC Cosmos arc, without which I would never have discovered the great man himself:
http://www.zazzle.com.au/carl_sagan_is_my_homeboy_button-145877744110942236
(sorry I couldn’t post the image directly - the site prevented it)
That’s awesome! LOL!
i want, i want i want i want, a pair of glasses that turns my pc in to a personal, private high res monitor.
http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/products_vr920.html#overview
Phaze
on the “Ohh jack beaur interogatting victor Drezen, it’s all gone funky” ID
How awesome is that?! Imagine taking them on a plane with you, it would help the anxiety that’s for sure.
This might fit better on my Smallville watch thread, but tell me this wouldn’t be an awesome movie trailer.
Oh, and after looking at some of that guy’s other stuff, someone should be hiring him to make movie trailers professionally.
It IS an awesome trailer. It just needs an awesome movie to go with.