Tiny Mars

Active Again….

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:12:55 +0000

I’m active again. Life goes on. Hope to post more as the days go by.

Oops

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:17:09 +0000

Don’t forget to read your tide tables..

Planet And Star Sizes

admin — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:49:53 +0000

Another video showing the size comparison between planets and stars can be seen here.

Incredibly Noisy Macbook Pro

David Macdonald — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:29:26 +0000

Here’s what my Macbook Pro sounds like!

Noisy Movie 1 (mov) 1.1mb

Noisy Movie 2 (mov) 3.9mb

It is probably a fan and fortunately not the hard drive!

Update: Took the machine to the local Apple shop on a saturday and got it back the following friday with a new left fan. So far it sounds very good. No more scary noises.

Powers Of 10

David Macdonald — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:30:40 +0000

An interesting graphical example of the Powers of 10 showing orders of magnitude from 10 million light years down to the subatomic level can be seen here.

Librarything

David Macdonald — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:26:22 +0000

LibraryThing is a site to maintain a database of your books. A blurb from their site:

LibraryThing is a new site for book lovers. It’s basically two sites in one. LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of your books. You can do all of them or just what you’re reading now. And because everyone catalogs online, they also catalog together. LibraryThing connects people based on the books they share.

If this suits your fancy check them out here.

Space Shield

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:08:43 +0000

The BBC reports that British scientists are planning to see whether a Star Trek-style deflector shield could be built to protect astronauts from radiation.

BBC Article

Landers Sighted

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:48:43 +0000

Thirty years after in landed on Mars, the Viking 1 lander was spotted from space by The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Full Image (3.7mb)

The Obiter was also able to locate the Mars Rover Opportunity. You can see all the images here.

Planet Sizes

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:21:10 +0000

Here are some pictures showing the relative size of the planets.

But they are really small when compared to stars. Take a look at this video!

Ultra Deep Field

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:48:41 +0000

Here’s the deepest portrait of the visible Universe ever achieved by humankind. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxies to emerge from the so-called “dark ages”, the time shortly after the big bang when the first stars reheated the cold, dark Universe. Link