Digital Chum - Virtual fish guts and other nonsense

Aug 28th 10 Posted by Dan

Video: Saving the Day

My latest video project is complete. I put the script together, shot it the next day (with an exceptional amount of help from Megan), and edited it together today. There are a few things I would...

Aug 21st 10 Posted by Dan

Bacon Pancakes… Oh, yeah!

I got up at 6:00 this morning, made myself a nice cup of Gevalia coffee… and started frying up some bacon. Matt Blum of the Geek Dad blog, had a post about his recent experience making...

Aug 3rd 10 Posted by Dan

Atomic Connections

I love this. Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules, are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that...

Jul 26th 10 Posted by Dan

My favorite hypocrisy

Having dealt with global warming deniers and having read many of their claims (and rants), I’ve noticed a few common hypocrisies. I paraphrase my favorite one below. Denier Claim #1: Global...

Jul 1st 10 Posted by Dan

I was browsing Netflix offerings this evening, specifically the streamable movies, and when you add a movie to your queue, Netflix presents a screen with recommendations for other similar movies. I...

Jun 26th 10 Posted by Dan

The Button

Megan and my latest video project. We fight over control of a button with surprising results.

Jun 22nd 10 Posted by Dan

Alien Rescue!

Megan and I did some LEGO stop action work yesterday. And when I say “work” I really mean “play.” It was a good project for the first day of summer.

Jun 18th 10 Posted by Dan

Tilley T4 versus Montecristi Panama

I’m at my brother-in-law’s house in Florida winding down from a Disney vacation and was musing about my choice of headwear for the trip. Those who know me know that I’m almost...

Jun 10th 10 Posted by Dan

BP Spills Coffee

UCB Comedy has a great sketch mocking BP for their oil spill and impotent and feeble attempts to stop the leak

Jun 6th 10 Posted by Dan

On the Rail Trail

Megan and I went for a bike ride on the rail trail today. Last time we went, we only went about two miles (if that) and she was all tired out. This time, the situation was reversed… majorly. Megan...

Jun 6th 10 Posted by Dan

The Greatest Show on Earth

This past Sunday, May 31st, Lori, Megan, and I went to the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus. For Megan and me, it was the first time ever. Lori had been to one before, but it was...

Jun 4th 10 Posted by Dan

Splice… What’s the worst that could happen?

Ever since I saw the trailer for the movie Splice, I’ve been looking forward to its arrival. It’s been on my calendar with the appropriate emailed reminders. Well, I just got back...

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NASA Image

A Chameleon Sky

The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected and its core becomes a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one above. Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the 'hourglass.' The unprecedented sharpness of Hubble's images revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process and may resolve the outstanding mystery of the variety of complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulae. Image Credit: NASA, WFPC2, HST, R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL)
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