Friday, February 17, 2012
The 'Wow!' Signal: One Man's Search for SETI's Most Tantalizing Trace of Alien Life
For decades, Robert Gray has been trying to duplicate the most surprising and still-unexplained observation in the history of the search for extraterrestrial life.
Felling a Big Feller
It appears to be diseased or otherwise non-desirable. Cutting down diseased trees is actually helpful to the forest!
Great Balls of Steel
Wednesday, my boss calls me into his office. He pours me a glass of tea and tells me to play pachinko for him. He’s a pachinko junkie, my boss. He buys all the magazines, gets the daily updates on his mobile phones, surfs the net for the insider tips and hackers’ hints.
“I’ve been studying the form of this one machine for a month,” he says. “It hasn’t paid out in all that time and tomorrow it’s ripe. It’s ready to drop. I’m sad to say that tomorrow I have to go to Kyushu on business. You’ll be playing it for me.”
“I’ve been studying the form of this one machine for a month,” he says. “It hasn’t paid out in all that time and tomorrow it’s ripe. It’s ready to drop. I’m sad to say that tomorrow I have to go to Kyushu on business. You’ll be playing it for me.”
Bring On The Sun!
I've photographed more than a few sunrises and sunsets. I thought it would be fun to show some of them off!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
2012 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival (Taipei,Tawain)
Celebrated on the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar, the Lantern Festival, also known as Shang Yuan Festival, is regarded as one of the most important and romantic festivals in Taiwan.
During the festival decorative lanterns depicting birds, beasts and historical figures are carried by children and adorn temples as well as being released into the sky.
This year being Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, a massive 60-foot paper dragon was displayed in Taipei's Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and the City Hall Square, attracting thousands of visitors.
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