Never too late…

to jump on an internet meme. The 2008 FGG Symposium is coming up, and in its honor I make the following offering:

lolbny trackstand

(Thanks to Jeremy Vore for the raw material.)

Which season are we in, again?

Um, excuse me? Mother Nature? Gods of the Weather? Today is March 27th. March 27th. As in, almost April. There’s no excuse for this:

No stop to the snow

The daffodils would also like to register their objections:

Early bird gets the frostbite

Peacock of the Lake

I was in Google Earth today, working on the track for my 2002 road trip, and I came across an accidental sketch:

Peacock of the Lake

KML link See in Google Earth

The Eclipse

A couple weeks ago we had a lunar eclipse (the last total eclipse visible in North America until 2010). It was frigid, as it has been too often this winter, but it was also clear, and the moon rose over the courtyard behind my apartment, so I could watch it from my back porch.

Lunar Eclipse

Electricity from water

A generator built from a 100 year old steam engine, including a from-scratch alternator.

Steam-powered generator