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Silly, but fun (and painfully accurate)

Skyehaven — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:05:32 +0000

You Are “alt”

Some people might find you to be strange, mysterious, and even a bit off putting.
You tend to be drawn to and influenced by alternative lifestyles. You’re definitely not normal.

Once people get to know you, they realize you’re interesting, intriguing, and very intelligent.
You have a lot of knowledge stored in that big brain of yours. Most of it is useless knowledge, but some of it is very useful.

What Keyboard Key Are You?

Zen…In A Violent, Blowing Up Kind Of Way

Skyehaven — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:03:00 +0000

Provided without comment

Caveat: If you play around with this, I accept no responsibility if you ignore the things you’re supposed to be doing.

Cold hands…warm heart

Skyehaven — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:07:00 +0000

That’s the old saw, right? The folks checking out the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China will almost all have warm hearts, then. I’ve always been fascinated by the ice hotels and whatnot, but I’d never heard of this festival until just recently. Here are some photos from the 2008 Harbin festival to keep you entertained.

You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Skyehaven — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:17:00 +0000

Well, Ok….not really. This shark is already dead. “What’s cool about a dead shark?” you ask? I am SO glad you asked! The Auckland Museum in New Zealand will be streaming the necropsy of a great white shark live, this Thursday, 11a-1pm NZ time. I’m terrible at math, but I think this translates to 5pm-7pm Eastern on Wed, as in tomorrow. But don’t quote me on that.

Trick shots + dominoes = <3

Skyehaven — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Domino tricks are cool. Pool trick shots are cool. Combine the two and it’s simply too cool for words.

The Original Wizards In Winter Christmas Display

Skyehaven — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:28:00 +0000

Some of you may have seen Carson Williams’ Christmas Light Display before. If not, the video is certainly worth watching! The coolest thing about this, though, is that Carson managed to turn his cool but rather modest Christmas light display into a career.

Now, THAT’S cool!

Winter Solstice

Skyehaven — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:18:00 +0000

So, tomorrow is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Some ancient religions marked the winter solstice as the beginning of the new year, as the sun begins its journey back towards the north along our eastern horizons. Many of those ancients constructed primitive calendars that enabled them to mark the solstices and equinoxes as they happened.

The Tomb at Newgrange is one of the oldest of these. The link is a webcam to watch sunrise at Newgrange live, as it happens.

Oh…and happy New Year!

Does it have a funny bone too?

Skyehaven — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

A mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater, a remote control submersible’s camera has captured an eerie surprise: an alien-like, long-armed, and—strangest of all—“elbowed” Magnapinna squid.