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The store features illustrated, pen and ink as well as computer generated graphic design with various themes ranging from cute space aliens to futuristic urban scifi art.
at this moment the "Station Fire" has moved to within 2 miles of Mount
Wilson Observatory and threatens to overrun not only the historic
telescopes there but also a dense crowd of television transmitters at
the summit.
Here's a link to the Tower Cam operated by UCLA. The Mt Wilson Cam is looking all red and fiery this morning, for sure.
I am sending good wishes to those in the lines of these fires, and especially to the firefighters out there trying to control the blazes.
Here's a nice freebie for our Sci Fi and Science loving kids - a coloring and activity books from NASA. The theme is how NASA's scientific discoveries and problem solving have brought everyday solutions.
There are coloring, connect the dots, crosswords, and other activities in the printable pdf booklet.
Upcoming form the director of Dark Knight and Memento, Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Inception. Billed as "a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind"
it looks to me like a combination of Tron and the Matrix.
Can't wait for another eposide of TrueBlood? Catch up on all the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire novels from Charlaine Harris, including the newest paperback From Dead to Worse.
Ian McKellen lets slip secret that Bilbo Baggins has been successfully cast for the Hobbit movie. He says that sure that the fans will be very, very pleased. But who will it be?
According to the Hobbit rumors page on The One Ring website, the script for “The Hobbit,” has been delivered to the studio and they are renovating the Hobbiton set. Very exciting. Who do you think should play Bilbo Baggins?
Rumors abound - I heard one that they have chosen Scottish actor James Macavoy. He is the guy who played Mr. Tumnus in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A new trailer for WOW Cataclysm (Upcoming release for the MMPORG World of Warcraft) has been released on the WoW site. Get a glimpse of Deathwing, the character that the new WOW release will revolve around. Also, I see players are excited about the new Worgen class, and the Worgen Mount.
Take this Science Fiction quiz over at Sporcle.com and see how many of the authors you can name. I got 7 out of 20 correct. Pretty bad. I had a total brain fart on this one. See if you can beat me.
NCsoft and ArenaNet released a trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2. While there is no firm release date for the new version of the game (making some players frustrated) the
teaser trailer reveals some of the backstory for the new game and also shows off some cool graphics.
There's been a lot less Guild Wars in my house recently. The hubster, like many players, got bored without new content, and has defected over to Dungeons and Dragons Online. D&D online is also free to play. The new version "Unlimited" will debuting on September 9th. Hubster was a beta tester for the Unlimited and really things the game is awesome. They will be going to a free to play model. A lot of new features will be rolling out with Unlimited - smoother game play, online store. They have an interesting auction feature within the game economy as well.
First of all lets have a humorous moment and enjoy a Chris Farley clip from classic SNL.
All right, now that we have that out of our systems let me pose some questions. I fancy myself a semi-pro science writer, but to tell you the truth, I am a bit baffled by El Nino.
Weather patterns and cyclical climate changes are simply fascinating. In light our the worries about human causes of global warming and climate change, it behooves us to better understand the natural dynamics of weather and climate on our planet.
According to my Wikipedia diving:
El Niño-Southern Oscillation is a periodic change in the atmosphere and ocean of the tropical Pacific region. It is manifested in the atmosphere by changes in the pressure difference between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia, and in the ocean by warming or cooling of surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. El Niño is the name given to the period when water in that region is warmer than normal while La Niña is the period when the water there is colder than normal.
The oscillation has no well-defined period, but instead occurs every
three to eight years. Mechanisms that sustain the El Niño - La Niña
cycle remain a matter of research.
The highlighting above is all mine.
Here is an interesting link from MSNBC about how there may be two forms of El Ninos. Basically it looks like now only am I confused about El Nino, so is everyone else.
I have also heard concerns voiced about sea garbage exacerbating the warmer temperatures of the El Nino effect because plastics are by nature insulating, and form a large part of the garbage floating in the "garbage patches" where they tend to gather in ocean currents.
Action Items on my Mind:
1. Continue to reduce man made causes of greenhouse gasses which contribute to climate change.
2. Reduce plastics in garbage and study how best to clean up ocean trash collecting areas.
3. Fund NOAA for monitoring, and predicting weather. Fun scientific study of weather and climate changes. The more we understand the more we can make smart decisions for the human population.
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