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Jenna Weidenbenner

Activate Your Dreams

Last time we talked about goals -- specific steps on the path. Now, we'll talk about dreams -- the bigger picture. Having your dream clearly in mind makes it easier to set goals. Sometimes it's hard to see where you want to go, though. Is it hard for you to imagine where you want to be 5 or 10 years...

Aquanetta

The Big Update - Part One: The Condo

I realize that I haven't written much at all about Seattle, and there is so much to write about. But it's been a whirlwind that's finally starting to settle down. I moved into my apartment. It is really awesome. But I will start from the beginning: Week 2-present: Work. I work at a very small start...

Steve Polyak

An pan we fi waan you to shake dat ting

To quote that modern day poet, Sean Paul, "An pan we fi waan you to shake dat ting" [reference]. word. shake indeed! the Mars Phoenix explorer has successfully managed to shake dat ting! Not quite ready to move to the wet chemistry (see Britannica.com ref) analysis though yet...

vrmars

Science Software

I have just uploaded my science video on Mars presenting VRMars Astronomy Software. The video shows panoramas and images, including the "Whale" panorama and Martian sunset, taken by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit during the Mars Rover Mission. The video was created with the use of virtual reality science...

Steve Polyak

Mars exploration

Mars Phoenix is finally ready to do its soil analysis. For more on this amazing planet, see what Britannica has to say about Mars

Rich

Did you know...

It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. So smile! I would like to show a fave pic of mine. It is of the Mars Phoenix lander parachuting towards the surface. I find this picture amazing. It really does show the ingenuity of mankind. The ability to monitor and take photos of such is wonderful,...

Rich

NASA TV Live coverage of the Phoenix landing on Mars update..

It just landed!! 680-million-km (423-million-mile) from Earth. Amazing!

Artotem

Curiosity

Curiosity is a fine thing in almost all circumstances. It's the beginning of what leads to real learning and exploration. I have always been an explorer of people, places, and things with a real curiosity since childhood. Second Life adds a new dimension to my ability to do this. It also adds a...

OceanDoctor

The Heart of the Bering Sea Beats with the Discovery of New Species

It's hard to get a big smile out of Ken Lowyck, Greenpeace's capable Action Unit Coordinator (and sub pilot) based in Toronto. I snapped the photo to the right and captured Ken's pre-dive excitement last summer on August 1, just minutes before he was launched on the dive to 700 feet in Pribilof...

vrmars

Astronomical Program VRMars-Spirit - The Red Planet Mars 3D - Virtual Reality

Take a look at the video presenting VRMars Astronomy Software. The video is showing the panorama and images that present the "Mazatzal" Rock taken by the Mars Rover Spirit during NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission. The video was created with the aid of the virtual reality astronomical program...

Thomas Holloway

A prose on software

I decided to write a quick prose on interaction design and software. It's simple, but I think it gets the point across. Since the dawn of time we have learned to progress by connecting and building off of the world around us. We have learned how to communicate, explore and create through example,...

LittleGreenBook

Book #061: Robert Kunzig - Mapping the Deep...*

Synopsis: "A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even the most land-locked reader. The sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea contains millions of...