Moon Landing

Take that you crazy NASA moon landing deniers (via xkcd: Moon Landing). On the other hand it’s hard to pull off an operation like this given the current budget envelope.

FML: Google buys Sparrow Mail

So guess who just took the last few days to switch over to Sparrow. I’m on a crappy role here, first all my blogs were on Posterous and now Sparrow has flown the coop. I hope they live up to their promise of continued support unlike Posterous who left its users out in the cold with no support. That being said I have a support issue going back and forth with the Sparrow people and they have been terrific, answering me as recently as last night when you would have thought they would be partying!

added 30 July 13: put tumblr on that list as well!

Leap Second Bug Causes Glitches for LinkedIn, Reddit, More

'Leap Second Bug' Causes Glitches for LinkedIn, Reddit, More 

Ah #Romana it is a simple matter of time.

Venus Transit Event @westernu

Nice to see some many people out in #ldnont getting a painless dose of #science at the #venustransit 

I’ve posted a few pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobsica/sets/72157634859742751/

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory science team has posted some terrific movies of SDO’s view of the Venus Transit. Plus you get to say ingress and egress!

The Hubble Space Telescope also captured the event.

Canadian Environmental Day of Protest

Anti-budget protest will see websites go dark - Politics - CBC News

If you’ve from not from Canada you may not be aware our Government is cutting multiple arms of environmental research off, including atmospheric ozone measurements.