A great commencement speech

So, I'm a little late. What else is new?

Here's a great commencement speech from Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane University this past summer. In it, a great message we should all remember.

Believe it or not, it seemed to work better in IE than FireFox, but that just may be because of all the security I have on FireFox. Either way, in the Table of Contents, go down to "Key Note Speech by Ellen DeGeneres" (at 1:16:46) and go from there. Be sure to stick around for the dancing!

Free Love and GTP, baby

Wow! Does this take me back. I saw this in my freshman Biology class way back in... well, never mind. But it is so classic. If you have any interest or knowledge about cellular processes and haven't seen this, it is a must-see! If you have no interest, just watch it for the entertainment value.

Peace, love, ATP and TCA.

...and never the twain shall meet...

Yes, I have an iPhone. Yes, I have RC airplanes. But put the two together? Never! However, these guys just created an ad for Apple, I think. :)

Acckkk! Run! Hide! Marry Frodo!

It's Deep Impact! What good is it to rescue our banks if we're going to be conked on the head by an asteroid?

*By the way, you won't get the "Marry Frodo" reference unless you see the movie and know who Elijah Wood is. Research is left to the reader as an exercise. :)

I guess she didn't want to wear fur...

This is just one of those things you see, shake your head about, and move on. Or you write a blog post. Yes, it's a dress made out of meat...

I'd pay to cut people's lawns with this!

I know what lawnmower I'm asking for when it goes to production! Check it out!

From Husqvarna

So you think you're a fisher-"man"?

Well, you ain't no man 'til you catch a fish this way.

Separated at birth?

I'm as big a fan of Wilford Brimley as the next bunny, but I have to admit, they must be related...

For other Wilford cats, see the link here...

Another Cosmically Cool Camera Capture

Check out the picture below.  It's of the sun (yes, our sun) taken at 1/8000 of a second.  Pretty nifty in itself, but that's not the really cool thing.  Can you see the little teeny, tiny black dot in the lower left quadrant?  Can you guess what it is?

You probably can't tell from that picture.  Let me post a higher resolution photo now.  Click on the picture below to bring it up to full size and look at the spot again.  Can you see it now?  Does it look to be in the shape of, oh, maybe a... shuttle?  Maybe a shuttle named Atlantis?  And how about that little dot just below it?  Why, it's none other than the Hubble Space Telescope!

Thanks to one of my new favorite sites, Bad Astronomy, now a part of Discovery, for these pics.

Paper just doesn't grow on trees, you know...

Happy Earth Day all!