Crow Emily watch out! Look behind you! #Endeavour is flying right past you at #JPL.

Crow Emily watch out! Look behind you! #Endeavour is flying right past you at #JPL.

Daring Fireball on Mars Curosity computing specs

John Gruber in #DaringFireball on @MarsCurosity computing specs 

Amazing how modest the processing power and software system is on state-of-the-art equipment. As I remember it took until the late 80’s before 8086 processors where flight-certified by NASA.

HonkHonkHonk: Western installs new Weather Siren

HonkHonkHonk: Western installs new Weather Siren

Sirens! Harpies! Draw us to the rocks on Western Road will ye she-devils. Send warning to all that neither driving rain, sleet or icy winds shall stop the University of Western Ontario from its mission of destiny!

Terrifying #xkcd on wind power and turbulence

Terrifying because it is better than most of the “science” in the ridiculous debates over the health effects of turbines! Also just funny cause it’s picture of an “un-turbulence-izer” would love to get me one of those and put it by the lidar.

Badges? We don’t need no badges!

Badges? We don’t need no badges!
Well, actually Crow Emily does to get around at JPL. She’s been picking up lots of tricks, I hope they let her take a turn to drive Curiosity!

UWO Astronomy Student Names an Asteroid after Orchestra London

Misconduct, Not Error, Accounts For Most Scientific Paper Retractions

Misconduct, Not Error, Accounts For Most Scientific Paper Retractions

Brought to my attention from my colleague Prof. deBruyn in Physics. 67.4% of the medical papers retracted were due to misconduct not errors!

@cpsx ‘ers: take a virtual tour of the Japanese space agency!

Google Lat Long: Explore the Forefront of Japanese Space Science

Follow the links (and the Google tricycle) around the JAXA Space museum!

Google Lat Long: Explore the Forefront of Japanese Space Science wi...: September 12th is “Space Day” in Japan, and we are celebrating by releasing new, comprehensive Street View imagery for two of Japan’s top s...

Aurora Seen from Northern Ontario: 1 October 2012

Spectacular photo of the aurora (Northern Lights) from last night’s large solar storm from Thunder Bay, Ontario (from The Weather Network).