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  • Star Walk: Awesome iPhone Astronomy Application

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    I’ll admit to have been jealous of my good friend Xopher‘s Nexus One phone and its nifty Android-based, augmented reality Google Sky Map. But I knew I’d find a similar one for the iPhone.

    Lo and behold, while in Seaside, a friend showed me Star Walk running on his iPad.

    One thing the video doesn’t showcase is that the application makes use of the built-in compass, GPS and gyroscope. This lets you simply point your device anywhere and get a picture-perfect representation of what astronomical objects are in your field of vision as well as get all the details you could want about them.

    At $2.99 for such a complete app, I think it’s a very good deal and entirely worth the expense.

    Copernicus would be stoked. 🙂

  • Personality Analysis through One's Download Folder

    So let’s see:

    • Astrophysics @ NASA: what can I say, I like stars. Does show I’m not afraid to tackle subjects I most often have no understanding of. At least I’m trying! 🙂
    • Bonobo, Days to Come: One artist can’t begin to define the gamut of my music interests, but it’s a hint. See my previous post for a tip on buying music online (yes, I did pay for that).
    • Chase Hawk Edit: B… M… X… Oh yeah, baby! I do download video files when the original publisher lets us rather than view them in the browser. Quality is generally much higher, and I can archive copies when I want to.
    • Debian 5.03 Net Install ISO: Nerd alert! I always keep a GNU/Linux ISO around. You never know when it’ll come in handy.
    • elockd: Nerd alert #2, thanks to Demitrious: “…an erlang port of my php locking daemon…”.
    • Kids Photos for family: Yup, I’m a proud and happy dad, and loving every minute of it. But most of the rest of my family is spread across two continents, so sharing picts of the kids growing up is an inherent part of my responsibilities.
    • Recipes: I absolutely suck at cooking, but I’m trying to fix that. In that respect, I’ve started accumulating recipes to try and cook better, healthier meals for my hungry gang.
    • WordPress Trunk: I do enjoy some quality time with my favorite codebase. That’s not even nerdy any more. With WordPress powering around 8.5% of the web, it’s a fair bet you and those you know have dealt with WordPress at some point or another, be it for themselves or while browsing.

    Does this make me a well rounded person? Not sure. But it does show how diverse my interests are. Balance is the key to a well lived life. 🙂

  • When it Comes to "Imported" Music, Buy Direct

    Bonobo's "Days to Come" album: iTunes Canada: CDN $17.82. Direct from Ninja Tune: £4. D'uh!

    I know, I know, buying from the iTunes Music Store is easy, convenient and so on… But it can be quite a rip off at times too.

    Take Bonobo’s Days to Come album for example. I was about to buy it on the Canadian iTMS when I saw the price: CDN $17.82. I thought to myself: betcha Ninja Tune will have this for sale. And wouldn’t you know, they sure do.

    Not only was the album much cheaper (£4 ☛ CDN $6.50) but it also came as 320kbps MP3s instead of 128kbps AACs and included 7 instrumental tracks to boot.

    There you have it. Sometimes, it pays to run a Google search before one-click-buying music off of iTunes.

  • Primal Staring Contest

    Gros-bout’ the cat meets Frimousse the hamster.

    My son Teagan brought Frimousse, the class’ hamster, home for the weekend. With two cats in the house, it’s always an epic battle to make sure everybody stays safe. 😉

  • Superior Tweetererer…*deep breath*…rererererers!

    To be read from bottom to top.

    Courtesy of Anthony and Pier-Luc. Good times. Good. Times.

  • Cider and Command Line, BFF

    Cider and laptop at Montreal's tech watering hole, Laïka

    Remember, moderation tastes better. 😉

  • Brakeless in Montreal

    Some like "Sleepless in Seattle", I prefer "Brakeless in Montreal".

    Specs:

    I’ve been riding this puppy since October 2009 and so far, the only things I’ve had to change were the grips and chain (too many ledge grinds…). I am missing two spokes from the rear wheel, but that’s not the end of the world.

    All in all, I love my ride!

  • Super Harvest Moon

    Super Harvest Moon, from my deck, September 22nd 2010

    See also: “Watch out for the Super Harvest Moon” on NASA.gov.

  • City of Satellites

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    City of Satellites, by Hidden Shoal Recordings, via Will Reichelt‘s blog.

  • Calling all WordPress.com Skateboard and BMX Bloggers

    If you happen to be or know a skateboarding or BMX blogger specifically on http://wordpress.com/, send me blog URLs in the comments below. Goodness to come!