Ramblings and Travels

I’m up in Mammoth now. On the drive up, I got see a great sunset behind the Sierras

For once, astronomers are rooting for an asteroid to hit: Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit - Los Angeles Times. It’s possible that the 1 in 75 chance of impact could be observed from earth, or satellites we have on Mars. Not a good idea to get our hopes up about being close enough to one of the Mars Rovers though. 

Baseball the past few years has been tainted by the rumor and innuendo of steroid use among it’s top players. Some, like Barry Bonds, have been easy targets because they have been unlikable people, particularly to the fans of opposing teams. The fan favorites have been mostly ignored in the debate over steroid use, and who knew [...]

Apple’s new OS upgrade, ;Leopard, has been pretty cool. So cool and nifty, there is a feature I didn’t even know about. Hover the mouse over a word, and on the keyboard hit Open Apple (or Command) + Option + D, and a popup dictionary happens right then!  

A nifty little chart showing the history of home values in the US. I don’t know it’s validity, but it does give some striking comparisons.  a_history_of_home_values.png 869×698 pixels