Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012
[singlepic id=7291 w=320 h=240 float=right]The premise sounds simple - run from the belltower at NC State to the Krispy Kreme eat a dozen doughnuts and return in under an hour. Approximate distance 5 miles give or take. This isn't the first time we're been to or participated in the challenge and while it is much harder than it sounds - it is likely the most fun race in Raleigh. Congrats to Mark, EdG, Eileen/iLean, BobG 11.75, Zach, Nick, Lisa, Bentley, the rest of the DC crew and anyone else I may have missed that we saw. Special congrats to those runners ...
Rembrandt in America at the NC Museum of Art
The Rembrandt in America exhibit at the NC Museum of Art uses the slogan "You know the name. Now find out why." And much in the same way that I had heard of Genghis Khan I could have told you very little about our other museum guest in the city. Namely he may have been French (not true) and he didn't have a Ninja Turtle named after him (this one is true). Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of ...
Genghis Khan at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
[singlepic id=7209 w=320 h=240 float=right]The name Genghis Khan is probably a familiar one even if you don't know who he was exactly. Before going to the exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Science I had a very vague idea of who Genghis Khan was and something of a concept of who he was historically but knew very little about the role he played in history. Genghis Khan is famous as the ruthless Mongol warlord who conquered half the known world. Under his rule, the Mongol Empire grew to be four times the size of the Roman Empire at its largest ...
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Sorry about the ad at the beginning – it shouldn’t last more than 15 seconds and it is worth waiting through. After that – extremely awesome series of shuttle launches with some really good audio spliced in. Very cool moment of silence for Challenger.
Enjoy!
Most of us know that what is commonly called the the Space Shuttle (technically the spaceplane) is part of the larger STS or Space Transportation System. The no less important but generally less focused upon elements of the STS include twin solid rocket boosters and the external tank or fuel tank. The video to the right focuses in on the solid rocket booters and shows what happens after their two or so minutes of useful thrust is complete.
Per the note on the video this is from STS-125 which was an Atlantis mission to perform final repairs on the famed Hubble telescope.
Note: Given the success of yesterday’s broadcast I am adding a permanent link to NASA TV under Features. Today they are viewing the heat panels under the shuttle looking for potential damage.
Just a quick FYI that we’ve updated to WordPress 3.1 and installed what is hopefully a better template based mostly on a div structure and not a table structure. (For those of you not familiar with HTML that just made no sense at all.) If you see issues please let me know. I am going to try and get everything resolved as quickly as possible but then I do have a full time job so we’ll see. If you are using a browser other than Firefox or an operating other than Windows 7 or Ubuntu 10.10 feel free to send over a screen capture or upload it to the User Gallery. (Just hit Control-PrtScn and paste into an email.)
Everything has been tested but that doesn’t always mean everything works. I’m happy to learn about my mistakes – at least on this project. Also feel free to comment on the new look – it isn’t likely to stick around any longer than the previous ones but I am making it possible to go back to the older themes with the drop-down box under the recent Facebook connects.
UStream.tv feed after the jump. Moved to this because that one kept crapping out on me.
Phil Johnson and Tim Floyd getting ejected by referee Jeb Hartness. Video from UTEP at East Carolina game, February 23, 2011. Officials called four technical fouls on UTEP coaching staff in a five-minute span, plus a fifth later in the game. Miners undergraduate assistant Greg Foster was forced to take over as head coach.
Final score: ECU 83 – UTEP 76 – Go Pirates!
Originally saw this here under the title “What Sidney Should Have Done Last Night” – not sure if I agree with it entirely but I would have loved to see the red coat whipped around and thrown.