Posted by ungraspiness Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:11:00 GMT
Netherlands: Student unearths Einstein paper BBC – August 21, 2005
The handwritten manuscript titled “Quantum theory of the monatomic ideal gas” was dated December 1924.
Posted by ungraspiness Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:21:00 GMT
The Spiral Galaxy M74 – also known as Messier Object 74 or NGC 628 , is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780, who related his discovery to Charles Messier to be categorized. The galaxy is also listed by Lord Rosse as one of 14 “spiral or curvilinear nebulae” discovered before 1850.
M74 lies at a distance from Earth of about 35 million light years and has a radius of 95,000 light years. The galaxy is rich in H II regions, indicating the occurance of star formation at a relatively high rate compared to some galaxies. Two supernovae were seen in this galaxy during the 21st century, SN2002ap and SN2003gd. M74 is receding from the Milky Way at 793 km/sec.
Posted by ungraspiness Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:30:00 GMT
Seasons greetz.
Here is my first attempt at an OS X screensaver. It’s called ‘star’.
Requires OS X 10.4 or higher. Copy the .qtz file to your user folder under ’/Library/Screen Savers/’. This folder may need to be created if it does not exist.
Enjoy the twinkle :-)
Posted by ungraspiness Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:40:00 GMT
Posted by ungraspiness Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:08:00 GMT
Ruby is a programming language from Japan (available at ruby-lang.org) which is revolutionizing the web. The beauty of Ruby is found in its balance between simplicity and power.
Posted by ungraspiness Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:21:00 GMT
It’s as if I have never been here and been here all along…
Posted by ungraspiness Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:57:00 GMT
A very personal piece of DNA art…
A USB microscope :-)
