The Blizzard From Space
by While Boston escaped the wrath of the blizzard, a big chunk of the eastern seaboard did not not. With a clear day on Sunday, the …
Category: Things in the News
An Avalanche from the Eyes of a Rescuer
James Mort was skiing with Australian ski buddies Andrew and Dan, and local friend Leonard at Les Crosets. It was great snow. Over three feet …
What it Looks Like to Fall Off a Mountain
Stefan Ager was celebrating at the top of the mountain in the Stubai Alps with a friend, filming the scenery and preparing to descend on …
Discovery Lifts Off
Space shuttle Discovery’s liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 24 for the last time. Discovery and its …
Watch the Winter Storm Attack (as seen from space)
Watch the animated version of the historic winter storm moving Across the U.S. From NASA: In a winter marked by several crippling storms, the storm …
NASA Finds Alien Life (Not Really)
I was excited when I saw the press release that NASA was holding a press conference to “discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the …
Has NASA Found Alien Life?
“NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for …
Scary Guatemalan Sinkhole
When I first saw this picture, I thought it was fake: It appears to be real. Street view of the sinkhole Other views of the …
Videos from the Deepwater Horizon Spill
The US Coast Guard has published a few videos showing the underwater efforts to stop the gushing oil. Here is the oil and gas stream …
Why Isn’t Boston Flooded?
With the rest of the state underwater, why has the City of Boston stayed dry? After all that same Charles River that runs along the …
The Revolutionary Future of Publishing
Will the world of book publishing be subject to the same revolution as the music industry because of digital content? With the Kindle (or iPad …
America’s Cup – Now Brought to you by BMW and Oracle
With all of the non-traditional sport focus on the Olympics, I nearly missed the news that the America’s Cup sailing competition was happening in Valencia …
The Winter Olympic Events I Want to See
I don’t have Olympic fever because I’m not that interested in the headline events. My tastes are a bit quirkier. I hate ice skating. The …
Who Says You Need a Mountain to Snowboard?
They got feet of snow in Washington, D.C. with no mountains to go snowboarding. Who needs a mountain? With that much snow on the ground …
Home of the World’s Worst Weather?
During an April storm in 1934, a wind gust of 231 miles per hour (372 kilometers per hour) threw itself across the summit of Mount …
A Disappointing End to the Patriots’ Season
It’s always tough when your playoff season ends with a loss. It’s really tough when the team lays an egg like the Patriots did today …
Merry Christmas – Banjo Style
Bela Fleck playing The First Noel, Oh Come Let Us Adore Him, Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring, Joy to the World during a banjo Jam …
The 100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire
One of my favorite shows on television was HBO’s The Wire. An enterprising soul put together the video below of some of the best quotes …