Phoenix Discovers New Moon on Mars

raw image from mars

The NASA Phoenix Mars probe landed on the red planet just about a week ago. The first pictures from the Phoenix high resolution stereoscopic camera posted on NASA website were in raw format.
Without getting into much technical detail I’ll just point out that so-called “raw” images are direct data dumps from the imaging […]

1 Comment »Filed under: OthersPosted on May 31st, 2008

Negro Candy: A Racist Confectionery?

Negro Candy

What’s in a label? Apparently a lot according to an African American teenager who got served a Negro candy as a gesture of good will by an unsuspecting immigrant man.
Negro is a hard licorice candy. I hated them as a kid. They taste like turpentine and feel like chewing glass beads that just won’t go […]

15 Comments »Filed under: OthersPosted on May 4th, 2008

Awesome Blackhead

back blackhead

The zit is roughly in the middle.

The blackhead close up. About 7mm of goodness.
This awesome blackhead came out of my friend’s back.
I didn’t know what a pleasure it is to squeeze someone else’s blackhead until I tried the other day! The results of this makeshift surgery […]

11 Comments »Filed under: OthersPosted on May 4th, 2008

Nude on a Trapeze

A clue to the true sound of Trapeze
Google is not digging up much information on Trapeze. Most of the pages I found on this enigmatic band are in Nordic languages. It’s fair to assume that it must […]

1 Comment »Filed under: RecordsPosted on May 3rd, 2008

Serbian Mexicans

srpski tenori

The Serbian Mexicans
When Buena Vista Social Club came out I tried to get my mom interested in it. I made her listen to the CD but it just wouldn’t sink in. She kept saying that it reminded […]

No Comments »Filed under: RecordsPosted on May 3rd, 2008