Nick Montfort:
October 29th, 2003
Nick Montfort: “I must promote the new slogan I came up with for
beleagured voting machine company Diebold: ‘Live Free or
Diebold’.”
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Archive for October 29th, 2003
Flurry of activity, this month, over on erinmak.
October 29th, 2003
Flurry of activity, this month, over on erinmak.
Astrophysics grad student and fellow rocket-rider mattorb was in a good spot (Colorado) to catch the auroras created by yesterday’s CME event:
October 29th, 2003
Astrophysics grad student and fellow rocket-rider mattorb was in a good
spot (Colorado) to catch the auroras created by yesterday’s CME event:
damn, that was cool. By 1 am or so last night, the aurora was a dull
green glow on the horizon, like the lights of a town just out of sight.
Then the sky started to turn red, and then it just went crazy. Huge
streamers of green and red stretched from the horizon to the zenith,
constantly shifting in shape and color and brightness. It was absolutely
unreal.We spent those first few minutes just sitting there agog; once it calmed
down a bit, one of my housemates got his digital camera and managed to
snap a
few shots. The red glow lingered for the next 45 minutes or so.
Wow, it took us a while to figure out who Strong Bad is supposed to be in the 2003 Homestar Runner halloween cartoon.
October 29th, 2003
Wow, it took us a while to figure out who Strong Bad is supposed to be
in the 2003
Homestar Runner halloween cartoon. Turns out he’s “Ozone”, from Breakin’ 2: Electric
Boogaloo. (Compare SB’s costume to the real
thing.) Of course, I’m already wondering what “Breakin’ 1” was, but
apparently, “
The phrase ‘Electric Boogaloo’ has passed into common usage as the
sub-title for any facetious sequel.”. Who knew?