the earth: a review

every now and then a product on amazon or some other site has a series of hilarious reviews. here is a series of reviews of earth, created by Matthieu Barrère ;)

problems

found this at a fun little blog called it's okay to be smart.

rosette nebula

time for a good, old fashioned, pretty picture post.

behold, the rosette nebula (NGC 2237)!

the rosette nebula is a region where new stars are forming, about 5000 light years away from earth. the red dots, in the regions outlined in white, show hot, young stars, imaged with X-rays by the chandra space telescope.

the effect of the gushing big stars can be seen in the cavity they have created in the surrounding gaseous nebula. shown in purple, orange, green and blue colors are the older stars and gas in the region, as optically imaged by the digitized sky survey and the 0.9-meter telescope at the kitt peak national observatory in arizona.

will you buy a fine dog?

an interesting aspect of language is that some words can change meaning over time.

here is a video of a quaint old song called "will you buy a fine dog?" by thomas morley that demonstrates an amusing case of changing definitions...

enjoy ;)



at one time people referred to a loaf of rye or dill bread as a dildo, although today's common meaning is quite different. tee hee ;)