Various bits of flotsam and jetsam I've stumbled across on the Intranet.
A map of the ground traversed by Apollo 11 superimposed over a major league baseball diamond. (via history.nasa.gov)
A map of the ground traversed by Apollo 11 superimposed over a major league baseball diamond. (via history.nasa.gov)

A map of the ground traversed by Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing, superimposed over a soccer pitch. (via history.nasa.gov)
A map of the ground traversed by Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing, superimposed over a soccer pitch. (via history.nasa.gov)

Early Morning Chat

  • Me: (after having called and let the phone ring as a backup alarm) Are you up?
  • Her: Up
Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers’ Dance (via )
You owe it to yourself to watch this speech, regardless of your political standing. Barack Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’ (via )
Amazing quadraped robot - walks on ice, in deep snow, and can’t be knocked over.  Almost creepy to watch it walking in the woods. (Boston Dynamics Big Dog)
via the New York Times, what happens if you were exposed to D&D at an early age.
via the New York Times, what happens if you were exposed to D&D at an early age.