An Astronomer’s Paradise by Babak Tafreshi

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On February - 5 - 2012Add Comments

An Astronomer’s Paradise from Babak Tafreshi on Vimeo. This video made me think about interstellar space travel. Voyager 1 is currently the fastest moving man-made object, traveling at approximately 38,100 mph (61,300 kph). At that rate, it will take 17,614 years to travel one light year. At warp 9.9, (ref. The 37′s), it would take 24 minutes and 29.66 seconds. via Phil Plait / Bad Astronomy  Read More →

Macworld | iWorld

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On January - 26 - 2012Add Comments

Yosemite HD

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On January - 21 - 2012Add Comments

Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo. “This video is a collaboration between Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty. All timelapses were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II with a variety Canon L and Zeiss CP.2 Lenses.” (Watch this in HD and full screen!) via Phil Plait  Read More →

Missile Switch Cover – Red

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On January - 5 - 20121 Comment

  SparkFun Electronics sells a missile switch cover: “…The hot red safety cover protects a toggle switch from accidentally being turned on. When flipped up, the user has full access to a switch underneath. Upon closing the cover, the cover will force the switch arm back into the lower position – a safety mechanism so you can quickly hit the cover down and deactivate the switch.” (It’s also available in Carbon Fiber)  Read More →

Lakeshore Avenue

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On December - 30 - 2011Add Comments

  Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, CA.  Read More →

Dungeness Crab Report

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On December - 3 - 2011Add Comments

  Dungeness crabs, $3.69/lb, Lucky Seafood Market #2, Oakland, CA. Update: On 4 December 2011, the price is $3.29/lb Update: On 5 December 2011, the price is $2.99/lb Update: On 7 December 2011, the price is $1.99/lb Update: On 8 December 2011, the price is $2.99/lb  Read More →

How A Panerai Is Made

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On November - 17 - 2011Add Comments

From the Science Channel, How It’s Made via John Biggs at WristWatchReview.com. Panerai Watches site  Read More →

Future Chili

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On November - 6 - 2011Add Comments

I became interested in making chili when I read an article in the then new food section of the New York Times, maybe 25 or 35 years ago. It was about Francis X. Tolbert, Wick Fowler and the World Championship Chili Cook-Off in Terlingua, Texas. Accompanying the article was Wick Fowler’s 2 Alarm Chili recipe. I have the clipping somewhere, but the gist of it was that he marinated the meat in beer (and in Lapland or somewhere he successfully used reindeer) and seared the meat in suet. He used... Read the rest of this entry »

Cownose Ray

Posted by Mr. Leslie Wong On November - 4 - 2011Add Comments

  See it on the Shark Lagoon Cam at the California Academy of Sciences.  Read More →

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