# Timelapses from the ISS
Watch here, with the volume turned down!
# The Switch Point Desk
This thing is gorgeous, I seriously want one. See here for more photos, and other rail-related items that Rail Yard Studios have produced.
They have a Kickstarter project, the Rails to iPad Platform, which sadly looks like it will fail to raise the required funding. The company is (in my experience) terrible at replying to queries on Kickstarter and regular email, so they’re not really helping themselves.
# Shropshire's Sky At Night
For the last three months, I’ve been writing an monthly astronomy column for the Shropshire Star’s website.
The aim is to explain what you can see in the night sky without the need for prior knowledge of astronomy or any equipment (although I do mention things which would be better seen through binoculars or a telescope.)
Here are links to the articles :
There are a few columns written by another astronomer from back in 2011 too, which clearly show the difference in approach I’m trying to take.
For future reference, the articles are archived here.
# It Couldn't Be Easier
- sudo gem install dancroak-twitter-search -s http://gems.github.com
- require "rubygems"
- require "twitter_search"
- TwitterSearch::Client.new( "twittb0t" ).query( :q => "carldr" ).each do |t|
- puts t.text
- end
# You're The Shit And I'm Knee-Deep In it
Today, I revived Justwatchthesky from the internet graveyard/landfill of “coming soon” pages. The scope is narrow: An exercise in documenting words in the music I listen to with color and type. The constraints are simple: (1) Only use Georgia (serif) or Helvetica (sans) and (2) try to post as often as possible.
Ryan Sims, justwatchthesky.com
Another idea I wish I had come up with, although I doubt I would have executed it half as well.
Also, I know a good number of the songs he’s quoted so far, so they have been particularly interesting – I hope it remains that way.
# My kinda town!
Drinkwater, Saskatchewan, Canada! The photo was taken by Greg, one of the employees of 29degrees, on a recent trip across Canada.
Sadly though, I know it’s nothing to do with my family – Apparently, it doesn’t have a pub …
# News Stories in Photographs
Small fishing boats tied to the banks of the Chaohu lake, where a pollution-linked algae bloom has reappeared.
From The Big Picture. Read through all the stories, there are many, many fantastic pictures.
It’s brilliant to see such high quality pictures of news events. The only improvement I’d make is to allow linking to specific pictures within a story, so I don’t have to hotlink like I have done in the ‘fantastic’ picture above.
# Big Ideas : Don't Get Any
Radiohead held an online contest to remix “Nude” from their album – “In Rainbows” ... I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.
James Houston
Awesome for two reasons : 1) Radiohead, and 2) Old hardware. Watch and listen.