To properly explain our engagement story, we have to go back to 2005. In September of that year, a Portland artist by the name of Scott Wayne Indiana began an art project. In an attempt to get people to start paying more attention to their surroundings, Indiana began tying tiny toy horses to the iron horse rings found embedded in Portland's sidewalks. Long before cars, these rings were used to harness horses curbside. Indiana called it "The Horse Project." In March of 2008, Dave posted a polaroid of one of these horses on Flickr. That same day, while perusing the website, I stumbled upon it. I recognized the horse immediately, as I had taken a polaroid of the exact same horse ten months prior. Coincidentally, ... Continue reading →
Carl Franzen May 3, 2012, 1:20 PM The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, firing proton beams at nearly the speed of light around an underground ring 17 miles around, at a maximum energy level of 7 tera-electronvolts. The accelerator’s experiments are designed to smash the proton beams together to simulate the conditions of the early universe, just after the “Big Bang,” the seminal expansion event that scientists believe birthed all matter. So what would happen if you stuck your hand in the way of the beams? That’s the question that was asked by viewers of Sixty Symbols, an online science video series made by video journalist Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham in the UK. Back in ... Continue reading →
We had a great view of Enterprise from the @sciam offices in SoHo! #spottheshuttle Continue reading →
Honest question here and hoping for some honest responses: did the group not realize that "Richmond" fell more than a month before "May the 10th?" Or, is it the case that they realized that was true, and that by misidentifying the date it is meant to depict a character who claims to "remember oh-so-well," when in fact his memories are clouded by the passage of time? raelraven2 1 week ago Continue reading →
Levon Helm performs at the Life is Good Festival at the Prowse Farm in Canton, Massachusetts. Douglas Mason/Getty Images April 17, 2012 3:44 PM ET A very sad note just appeared on the website for Levon Helm, the drummer-singer of the Band. "Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer," says the note. "Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration...he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage." ... Continue reading →
NASA HD-TV 4,825,869 Views 8,047 In Crowd If you are watching from a mobile device or slower connection, watch the Mobile Feed for NASA Television Here NASA TV airs a variety of regularly scheduled, pre-recorded educational and public relations programming 24 hours a day on its various channels. Programs include "NASA Gallery", which features photographs and video from NASA's history; "Video File", which broadcasts b-roll footage for news and media outlets; "Education File", which provides special programming for schools; "NASA Edge" and "NASA 360", hosted programs that focus on different aspects of NASA; and "This Week @ NASA", which shows news from NASA centers around the country. Live ISS coverage and related commentary is aired daily at 11 a.m. EST and repeats throughout the day.[7] ... Continue reading →
