Irish Class, February 23, 2009
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Tá gnóthas nua ag mo bhean cheile!
Name a piece of the space station
NASA’s doing something cool: they’re letting people vote on the name for Node 3 on the International Space Station. Node 3 is a connecting module, letting space dwellers go from one section of the ISS to another.
The very cool thing? The name Serenity is winning!
It was actually just above freezing in downtown Minneapolis today, and I varied my skyway walk by going outside for a few blocks (without a coat). On Nicollet Mall I saw someone casting breadcrumbs on the sidewalk for the birds, and I felt the urge to burst into song (Lyrics here).
Of course, it is all a snare and a delusion. This is Minnesota. On the way home I heard a weather forecast for 6-7 inches of snow on Thursday.
Fron Pundit Kitchen via Bad Astronomy
Flame-Throwing Wheelchair Makes Me Want to Break a Leg
“A perfect opportunity for disabled people of the world to get even-Steven with all those punks who always park in the wrong spots.”
Also
Firebreathing electric wheelchair – the answer to a question nobody asked
“Why drive something that looks like a medical device when you can drive something lethal?”
Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says: Goal is to have them on every corner.
Via A Surveillance Camera On Every Chicago Street Corner?
[The figure of 20,000 is my own SWAG, based on Chicago geography,]
I can understand the civil libertarian objections to this plan. However, having had much too close personal acquaintance with crime on a few of those corners, I suspect Mayor Daley has plenty of local support for implementing it.
Attention wolfsword !
From Lie-Nielsen planes.
On the whole, the Lie-Nielsen tools sold [on Ebay] for an average of 16 percent less than the full retail price. If you averaged out all the transactions, the average Lie-Nielsen tool sold for $38 less than the retail price.
So there you have it. My collection of Lie-Nielsens is doing better than my 401(k).
After skipping it Saturday I spent most of Sunday with colgaffneyis at the St. Paul Scottish Ramble. This was a good time.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 