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My post yesterday about the plane bomber over Detroit just turned into a joke: there's a guy in Nigeria who thinks the bomber might be his son. This guy in Nigeria is a banker.

Yes, a Nigerian banker. Is it wrong for me to laugh out loud now?

Hmmm...

Apparently earlier today a Nigerian terrorist idiot tried to detonate a bomb in a plane just as it was landing at Detroit's main airport. It was probably flying over my house when the passengers were subduing the terrorist idiot. Aside from a couple of burn injuries and lots of fright on the plane little damage was done. (story is hereI ( Read more... )

Crappers! I nearly forgot, I need to update my post of Oct 22, the one with the strange image you were all guessing about. It is a satellite photo of a feature on Mars, dust devil trails on the sand dunes. Here is where I got it, (and you'll see some information and links to more information)

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Consider the following image:


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After dozens of attempts over several months to get Jupiter or Saturn or Venus using my cell phone camera, (or any digital camera actually), I finally succeeded. Last night I experimented with a way to attach the LG enV Touch to the telescope in order to avoid the hassle of not being able to hold it steady by hand. This is the result on Jupiter, ( Read more... )

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Now this is crazy: while taking a lunch break at a shopping center, (to get close to a Starbucks of course), I saw something not seen every day in the bustling burbs around Detroit. I was able to get a photo of a predator stalking its prey right in the middle of the parking lot.

( sorry for the quality, I was not able to get very close with the camera )

Hello all my techy friends! I have a fancy new phone that has a 3mm headphone jack and can play mp3 files. I would like a headphone with microphone in it so that I can both listen to music and take phone calls. I don't want earbuds because so far I've not found an earbud that gives me full bass response without my having to hold the buds in with ( Read more... )

Earlier today while in a record shop browsing the used cds I got a notice from my phone that isobelalone made a tweet on twitter. I immediately replied while still standing in the store, (telling her to get off the 'net and get back to work).

I think this is the first time in history that I've been seen texting in a public place. ;-)