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The Coolest Flickr Photo Set Ever
NASA astronaut Don Pettit took some photos from the International Space Station that were posted on Flickr and called ISS Star Trails. In short, they're incredible and it's pretty cool reading how he created them:
“My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.”
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When I Say Everything I Mean Everything
I just love this two-sentence letter written by Mrs. Sinclair Lewis in response to an enthusiastic female fan of her husband who had offered ALL of her services to him as a secretary.
My dear Miss:
My husband already has a stenographer who handles his work for him. And, as for "everything," I take care of that myself—and when I say everything I mean everything.
Dorothy Thompson
(Mrs. Sinclair Lewis to you.)
Bobcat Goldthwait’s Commencement Address
Bobcat Goldthwait's 2009 commencement address for Hampshire College is off-beat and definitely worth the listen. Be patient – the last five minutes are worth it.
Bull Enema and a Drawbridge
I think I might have stumbled onto the ultimate time-waster website – Old Jews Telling Jokes. If this is indicative of what the rest of the jokes I'm going to be spending a lot of time there.
This Is My Home
One of life's pleasures – unique people:
Caine’s Arcade
This is one of my favorite online finds in a long while (found via Boing Boing). Enjoy!
BallCam
I so want one of these.
What Did You Do With Your College Acceptance Letter?
I have no idea what I did with my college acceptance letter, but knowing me I probably lost it within ten minutes of receipt. One thing's for certain, I didn't do anything near as cool as what this young lady from Georgia did with her acceptance letter from MIT (found via BoingBoing):
Chris sez, "My name is Chris Peterson. I run web communications for MIT Admissions and have been a loyal BB reader for years. For the last several years we have been sending our admitted students their acceptance letters in cardboard tubes. First because we sent a poster, but now it's its own thing. 2012 is the anniversary of an old MIT balloon hack, so we put a letter in all of the Early Action admit tubes telling them we wanted them to hack the tubes somehow, and set up http://hackthetubes.mitadmissions.org to collect responses. Lots of them are great, but this one, from Erin King (MIT '16) in Georgia, is the best."
Befuddled 