pushing the sky

When Galaxies Collide: These are some astonishing pictures that makes me wish I could go back in time and choose to be an astronomer like I dreamt of when I was 13. Some of the numbers are mindboggling – galaxies 450 million light years away, a 100,000 light years across… and we get to see [...]

The Wii? Totally, totally worth it. I will say this straight up: if it’s top-of-the-line graphics and abilities you want, the Wii doesn’t cut the mustard. Its sole non-game feature that makes pretentions at being something more than a simple console is the internet access, and even that’s flaky and needlessly slow – for one, [...]

Turns out, US Customs can search and seize laptops at will: Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized [by Customs officials] without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later. Holee fuck me. Between this and the TSA, I’m never going to the US again.

Every day, I have about an hour on the train and the walk home to contemplate what to write on the blog when I get home. And every day, without fail, whatever nascent ideas I have disappear shortly after arriving home and having dinner. There are some distinct advantages to living at home, such as [...]

Angelina Jolie, Swimsuit Model, 16 years old. Something about her being 16 in those photos feels a bit sleazy, though that’s not to say it’s not interesting to see the change over the years. (thx, Kelson)

She’s dead, get over it: cue over-righteous reaction in three… two… (via)

Jonas Samson is showing off light-emitting wallpaper. “Cool” and “Want” doesn’t even begin to describe.

On Staring into Eternity Standing outside last night, I was looking up at the stars, the lights dark around me. I fancied that, upon staring particularly intently, I could feel our position in the universe. The stars actually looked to be positioned in a 3D space, as opposed to the usual flat feel of pin-points [...]

WANT.

Any owners or frequent players of the Nintendo Wii: What do I need to know about it that I might not know already? What games do I need to get? (Note: bias towards party games) Can I hack it to do stuff that it wasn’t designed for?