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)
TED | Talks | Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight (video)
(via Google Video)
via openswitch.org
via openswitch.org

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.