Here's a fun physics puzzle-solving game that reminds me of Totem Destroyer. You try to remove all the red blocks, and keep any green blocks. You have to pass a level to unlock the next one, and there are a lot of levels. Do you have what it takes for Red Remover?
How does a wee tiny spacecraft zipping through the void at 10,000 feet per second make sure it stays on course?
As I hear Mission Control and the astronauts constantly checking their roll, pitch, and yaw settings, one transmission stands out. Armstrong is unable to sight on a star, and requests a new target. Mission Control tells him to switch to star number 45.
And what are these 20th century astronauts using to determine their spatial coordinates? A muthafrikkin sextant.
Following the "live" CapCom feed on We Choose The Moon is pretty cool. Some observations:
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, a milestone in humankind's spacefaring. In honor of this event, the site We Choose The Moon is recreating the 1969 launch, trip, and moon landing in real time.
The site has some cool features, like the "of the time" trivia in the bottom right. You can even install a little desktop widgit that makes it easier to track the mission tweets.
I predict lots of viewings of Apollo 13 over the next few weeks. Get it now, before Netflix runs out of copies.
Someone (or ones) is altering billboards in the Ballard area. Here's one I spotted. Click to biggify.
This is for Shanarama, who actually lives in Brooklyn.
Spotted in a Ballard store that has these for all major US cities, include our very own Seattle.
So, jumping on the Michael Jackson bandwagon, and seeing as how it's still early enough to be timely with the remembrances, here comes the best tribute site I've seen so far.
It's a great idea, and you kinda get sucked in and end up spending a LOT more time than you thought you would watching the Eternal Moonwalk.
Time for something a little different. Let's do electronic jigsaw puzzles! Each has four difficulty levels; the more difficult one will keep you entertained for a while.
The pieces snap together when you match them correctly. They're already oriented correctly, you just have to move them around and complete the picture.
Sushi
Indian shrine
Rock high above a lake
Paris macarons
Meerkats
The "artist" should have used that spray paint that advertises, "No runs, no drips, no errors." I thought it looked cool, though.
(And it's gone since I took the picture. Take that, tagbag!)
As the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So, of course, the internet expands on the theme of "Eff My Life" (where embarrassing or horrible stories rule the day) and take it down a few notches. Because, let's face it, most of us live normal, regular lives. We need a site we can relate to. And so was born My Life Is Average.
Ola has a bet with his friend, Jorgen, that he can accumulate a large number of giraffes (drawings, renderings, paintings, photographs, whatever). As of this writing, he's approaching 10,000. Which means he has a few more to collect. Can you help Ola towards his goal of One Million Giraffes?
The game is a little late today because I've been sitting here for what seems like hours trying to better my score. It's one of your standard timing-and-distance games, but monkeys are just so damn cute! See how far you can kick the ball in Monkey Kick Off.
Spotted on the bus yesterday: a guy with a mowhawk. A mowhawk that had dreadlocks in the back.
Would that be a mowlock or a dreadhawk?
Regardless of what ills the home country may be enduring, the small, unassuming building 2 blocks from my house still resolutely proclaims its purpose.
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