There was a really cool video I saw on the news the other day of the Space Shuttle Discovery form the other day. Before docking with the international space station, the Shuttle did a full backflip in order for the ISS to take photos of the underside of the shuttle. I found a copy of the video online and thought I would share it with you =) check it out with this link: http://wm.nasa-global.speedera.net/wm.nasa-global/RTF/backflip.wmv (either click on it, or copy and past it into for favorite video player).
Also, check out this image (note, this is a hotlink to a yahoo! news photo so it may not work for long): 
(Photo from: AP Photo/NASA TV)
Also there is a great way to track the Shuttle and the ISS using Google Earth. Check out this blog post: http://www.ogleearth.com/2005/07/space_shuttle.html
Technorati tags: Space Shuttle Discovery, Google Earth, Google Maps, iss, NASA, International space Station
So I have been meaning to start an article about the Disney College Program on Wikipedia for awhile, but of couse I have been lazy. Thankfuly, someone else actualy started an article on the program last month and its looking very good. I have done a bit of tweeking to a few of the pages too (more to come from me). If your looking for info about the program, this is a great place to start learning about the program. But if your an alumni for the program, please go and help expand the page by adding your thoughts and add to the missing parts. You can find it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDWCP
This is a game for the knowlageable hitchhikers. 42 games is a serious of 42 games and triva questions in rappid secession (most lasting about 5 seconds or so) about the books (note: some questions/games might have to do with events that have not taken place during the time frame of the movie) Try it out, see how good of a score you can get. It is not as easy as you may think. 42 Games
50 years ago today, the world became a better place. Disneyland opened to the world July 17th, 1955 with a small speech by Walt Disney himself:
“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”
(Audio Clip can be heard here: http://www.disneydreamer.com/DLOpen.htm)
I’m sure there will be many many news stories publish in Sunday papers all over the world, so check your local newspaper or just
search google like I did, but the one I like the best so far is this one:
“Congressional honors for Disneyland” The Orange County Register.
Technorati Tags:disneyland, walt disney,
I just saw this new LCD moniter by Sharp that allows two diffrent people to see two diffrent things on the same LCD display. It is really interesting to say the least. Check out the press release from sharp here: http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/050714_2.html It also includes a cool photograph at the top (notice the “screen” on the left is actually a mirror reflecting back what people would see by sitting on the left).
I’m sure some people could find some pratical uses at some point, but what I think what would be better (and i’m sure there is one in the works or out by now) is the use of this technology for privacy by directing the image to one point so only the main user sitting at the screen can see, and someone even standing right next to them can not see the displayed image. I think it might have pratical uses for places like Internet Cafes and other public places.
If you havent heard, Firefox 1.0.5 was relased today. Click here to update your browser:
(or I am sure that the download icon will show up in the top right corner of your browser soon, if not already).
For more on this, Check out Blogs for Firefox, as they have a wonderful post about it. Firefox is currently at 70.6 million Downloads and riseing, join in on the fun!
This is another fine example of how much a better browser Firefox is compared to IE.
fun site of the week/day/moment/what ever…. Only got a small chance to see what it is about, but looks pretty entertaining if you get bored… And I figured this blog nedded an update =)
Tom Cruise Is Nuts
Found this over on the Technology part of google news. A company has found out a way to broadcast broadband connection over radio/television towers.
http://p2pnet.net/story/5446
New Wi-Fi broadband system
p2pnet.net News:- A new Wi-Fi broadband broadcast technique will give mobile Wi-Fi devices Net access in locations where an online connection is impossible, says its Dutch inventor, Joe Bobier.
Called xMax and owned by XG Technology in the US, it’s a “relatively silent communications method, despite the fact it uses a broadcasting channel that is already crowded with pager or TV signals,” says Softpedia News. “This solution poses no threat of interference with other signals, but allows the breach of other frequencies, in order to obtain an optimum broadcasting channel.”
The system allows signals that would normally be too weak to be received by normal antennas to be broadcast, says the story. With the help of specially-designed receivers, “these signals can be tracked, because they are specially calibrated in order to be detected in certain pre-established conditions.”
xMax is, “trespassing radio frequencies, although trespassing is not the right word, because we’re allowed to transmit a signal if it doesn’t interfere with other, stronger signals,” Reuters quotes Bobier as saying.
It isn’t an efficient way to transport data through the airwaves, Princeton University electrical engineering professor states, “but it is doing it in a benign way. You won’t even know it’s there. It’s very clever.”
xMax could interest telecoms or Net operators with no radio spectrum because they can begin wireless broadband services with, “very few base stations and add more stations and increase density as demand rises,” says Reuters. “It is also appealing for rural areas which operators find too costly to cover with the current third generation mobile phone networks which need base stations every few miles.”
Radio chips for devices should be in the $5-$6 range, “when built in volume while base stations will be around $350,000,” it adds.
