South Park in Sepia

I recently took my favorite South Park photos and redid them in sepia. Here are a few of my favs:

Here is the full set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariuccij/sets/72157622467856266/

Yoda Pumpkin Carvin!

A friend asked me to create a Yoda stencil for carving pumpkins. Or in this particular case Squash carving. Thought I'd post here in case anyone else would like to use it!

50 Years of Space Travel

Number of Possible Multiverses may be "Humongous"

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/15/if-we-live-in-a-multiverse-how-many-are-there/

Keep in mind this is truly hypothetical, but extremely interesting. And yeah, I'd bet that 10^10^10^7 is a "humongous" number.

Hiking Devil's Lake

I was fortunate enough to have Sunday open last week, and spent it hiking around Devil's Lake. Took hundreds of pics, and it was the nicest day we've had weather-wise in a very long time. Here are some of my favorites:

You can see the whole set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariuccij/sets/72157622449546607/

Europa Capable of Supporting Life: Richard Greenberg

Alright, WAY cool.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/08/europa-capable-of-supporting-life-scientist-says/

The global ocean on Jupiter’s moon Europa contains about twice the liquid water of all the Earth’s oceans combined. New research by Richard Greenberg of the University of Arizona suggests that there may be plenty of oxygen available in that ocean to support life, a hundred times more oxygen than previously estimated.

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Greenberg says that the concentrations of oxygen would be great enough to support not only microorganisms, but also “macrofauna”, that is, more complex animal-like organisms which have greater oxygen demands. The continual supply of oxygen could support roughly 3 billion kilograms of macrofauna, assuming similar oxygen demands to terrestrial fish.

The good news for the question of the origin of life is that there would be a delay of a couple of billion years before the first surface oxygen reached the ocean. Without that delay, the first pre-biotic chemistry and the first primitive organic structures would be disrupted by oxidation. Oxidation is a hazard unless organisms have evolved protection from its damaging effects. A similar delay in the production of oxygen on Earth was probably essential for allowing life to get started here.

I'm definitely adding his book to my "must read" list:
“Unmasking Europa: The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon.”

Blue Stonehenge

Interesting article. It would seem a second Stonehenge has been found a little more than a mile away from the first.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/06/second-stonehenge-discovered

The Yes Men: Dow Apology Hoax

The Yes Men's Dow Apology Hoax | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

Exxon's Climate-Victim Candles

I'm definitely going to see their movie when it comes out on the 7th. In the mean time, check out this hilarious prank they pulled on Exxon.

http://www.theyesmen.org/hijinks/vivoleum

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/06/yes_men_strike_/

The Marshmallow Test

Okay, HILARIOUS.

Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

Original link here.

Butterfly's in Accent Color

Click here to see the whole Accent Color gallery.

Untold Stories of the Tsunami

I think a big part of being human is sharing stories. Opening up to others, telling them something about yourself and your life.

Today I checked Hulu for the latest episode of Defying Gravity, and while there I found a link to this film. It's extremely heartbreaking, listening to the people in the video tell their stories, but to me, it was something I had to watch. They took their time to share their own piece of the tragedy, so that others can hopefully appreciate their circumstances a little more.

God bless all the people who died and went missing that day 5 years ago. What a tragedy. Sharing this because it tells their story, and it makes me feel a little more human.

Brain Scanning

Interesting article here about pulling images from your brain.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/brain-scans-reveal-what-youve-seen/

Multicolr Search Lab

This tool is awesome!!

Click your color, or color combinations, and this tool will (instantaneously) search through literally millions of images and bring you a collage in that color. Not only that but each is linked back to the original photo on Flickr. How sweet is that!

http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/

Kanye West interrupts Obama

Caught this today on Facebook, its pure win.

Sorry Mountain Dew, you've been out uh... Dewed!

Well I mean... in the coolness factor at the very least. Still going for green until their bloaty prices drop. Makes me laugh though!

http://www.myjones.com/code/limited.php?campaign=wizards
Original Link: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/dd-flavored-jones-soda/

Immortal... Jellyfish!?

Yep, who would have known... These little buggers use "transdifferentiation" to basically remake their cells, just as a salamander can regrow its tail. Only they can remake EVERY cell in their body. Over. And over. Thus, feasibly they can live forever.

What an interesting bugger. Though in the photo below it sort of looks like we're seeing a blurry photo inside its body, or is that just me? I mean, I half expect to see Cris Angel walk up to it and go "ARE YOU READY!!!!!"

Check out the original link:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/29/the-curious-case-of-the-immortal-jellyfish/

Super Cell Lightning on Saturn

Looks like Saturn's lightning storms have broken a new 'longest lasting' record. A lightning storm nearly 2000 miles across has been raging there since January.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/14/super-cell-lightning-storm-raging-on-saturn-since-january/

Macro Plant life

APOD: Summer Night in Astronomy Town

Saturday's APOD was gorgeous. Check it out: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090912.html