Volcanic viewpoint
Looking down the throat of hell. Hat tip to Say It Ain’t So Already
Author Archives: M. Douglas Wray
Huge Air
Monster smell
I love Grover
Shweeb
Thanks Todd!
Rayode
Drinking irradiated water = death.
Bless The Broken Road
Tammi introduced me to Rascal Flatts and this song in particular. God does speak to us through music.
Paradise
One of the finest songs ever written, performed by one of my very favorite singers.
Religion Humor
Astro Hammer
Sometimes ya jes gotta whoop on it wit a hammer.
Dawkins. Watch.
The pope condemns atheists for Hitler’s deeds? Hitler was a catholic, and a beloved one.
Colbert to Congress
Steven Colbert addresses Congress in character
Motivation
Monster trike
The Dog
Wonderful chart from an old Life Nature Library book “Evolution” – illustration by Arthur Singer.
He was no enemy
The ‘Greatest Generation’ lives up to its name again.
Joe Hill
For Labor Day (courtesy of Doug’s Dynamic Drivel – thanks Doug!!!)
Old dogs are the best dogs
They can be eccentric, slow afoot, even grouchy. But dogs live out their final days, says The Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten, with a humility and grace we all could learn from.
Photo Rights
The following is from Petapixel and is the text of a reference on photographers rights. You can make a photograph of anything and anyone on any public property, except where a specific law prohibits it. i.e. streets, sidewalks, town squares, parks, government buildings open to the public, and public libraries. You may shoot on private
Eric Schwartz
Great show at the Aspen Meadows house concerts. Eric Schwartz Photos from the show
Piping, Hot
Fort Collins Pipe Band showing their stuff at the Highland Games in Estes Park, CO.
Vanadium nitrogenase
vanadium nitrogenase – now THAT’S ‘geekspeek’ at its finest.
A-Bombs
The Dish
Great Flash animation! Hat tip to Todd Lockwood!
Trek Fish
The perfect fish response!
Track layer
E Power Biggs
Bach’s Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. The performance I associate with this song.
Gaming no fun anymore
One of the reasons I don’t play video games is that I don’t want to support a morally-bankrupt industry that causes people so much pain.
8 bit organ
May be a bit slow – link was referred on Slashdot, so YouTube is getting pummelled just now.
RIP Kodachrome
The last roll of Kodachrome has been processed. The King is Dead! Long Live the King!
Crazy copter
Five minutes of ‘OH MY GAWD’ – watch. Looks like a dragonfly on crack.
Pascal Campion
Great video interview of Pascal Campion.
Cockpits
Some great photos.
Micro Gyro
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems. Incredible technology.
Remember when it rained
Music is so powerful. It crashes through any barrier we put up.
Flyin Fun
Chip and Dale still make me laugh out loud. Donald is a classic sendup of many archetypes. Love YouTube.
Face Time
Clayton Morris and John Gruber show off FaceTime on their iPhones. Amazing.
Men in Dresses
This is freakin nuts. No wonder there’s so much deviance in the Church – they’re all cross-dressers. Besides, the guy in the middle looks exactly like Tim Conway.
WordPress 3.0
Update to WordPress 3.0 went flawlessly. Gotta love that.
Thirst
Many people say their mate ‘made them bloom’ – my dear wife Marilyn was much more ambitious. The vines of her work run throughout my life now.
Piece of the Sky
I often hear it said that parents ‘…would give their child the moon and the stars…’ – my father did.
Hairy times
Unsportsmanlike
This video exemplifies why I don’t like ‘professional’ sports. How does this promote the game in any way? This man is just being an overgrown child and no example to youngsters.
Raise me up
To all of you who have come to ‘sit awhile with me’ when it was the darkest, bless you. Your names are written in my deepest heart, not to be forgotten.
Mac SE LIVES
Stolen Car
Please help Charlie Fellenbaum find his car!
Power of pop
Powered only by soda and candy, this car shows the way to a sweet driving future.
LEGO printer
Incredibly cool and fun to watch.
Iron Baby
Hat tip to Daring Fireball!
Apple > M$
As of Wednesday, Wall Street valued Apple at $222.12 billion and Microsoft at $219.18 billion. The only American company valued higher is Exxon Mobil, with a market capitalization of $278.64 billion.
STS Time-lapse
Incredible time-lapse of a Shuttle prep and launch.