Tumblr (3.0; @qssi)http://qssi.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llanc9s8fz1qd4vugo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The movie opened when they launched, and they had it “uplinked” to view in orbit during their mission. Good to know this movie continues to hurtle outwards in our galaxy forever at the speed of light. Makes the open wifi defense for bittorrent downloads seem possible!</p> <p><a href="http://mothernaturenetwork.tumblr.com/post/5551273711">mothernaturenetwork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/endeavour-crew-recreates-star-trek-film-poster"><strong>Endeavour crew recreates ‘Star Trek’ film poster</strong></a><br/>It’s a tradition for shuttle and space station astronauts to make mission posters based on popular films.</p> </blockquote>http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6937819370http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6937819370Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:24:25 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_6936367085" src="http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6936367085/audio_player_iframe/qssi/tumblr_lmyqc3nlFq1qe19xq?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fqssi%2F6936367085%2Ftumblr_lmyqc3nlFq1qe19xq" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I need to give this a try. Should be better than the commercialized radio I listen to in the car on the way to work.</p> <p><a href="http://blog.hereishazel.com/post/6645154940/radiolab">hereishazel</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Remember when I said that <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/">This American Life</a> was <em>the</em> best podcast ever? Well, I’m afraid I’m going to have to condradict myself there…</p> <p>It’s not that the quality of TAL has decreased or anything like that. It’s just that I discovered <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/series/podcasts/">Radiolab</a> and I have to say, it is pretty magical.</p> <p>As it says on their <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/series/podcasts/">website</a>, Radiolab explores curious oddities relating to science, philosophy and human experience. Though science isn’t something I always enjoyed studying in school (you should see my Biology marks from last year…ha ha ha—no), Radiolab frames the most convoluted concepts with stories, making it easy to understand and most importantly, enjoyable.</p> <p><a title="Lucas by Chuck Close" href="http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/modern_art/lucas_chuck_close/objectview.aspx?page=404&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=21&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=21&OID=210004973&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0"><img src="http://www.metmuseum.org/Imageshare/ma/large/ma1987.282.jpg"/></a> <em>Lucas</em> by Chuck Close</p> <p>This episode, called “<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/jun/15/strangers-in-the-mirror/">Strangers in the Mirror</a>” is about prosopagnosia, or in plain English, face blindness.<br/>The host, Robert Krulwich, interviews neuroscientist Oliver Sacks and artist Chuck Close about how they deal with this condition in their everyday life.</p> <p>I find it funny in a sad sort of way that they sometimes don’t even recognize <em>their own</em> face when they look in the mirror…</p> <p>But anyway, I urge you to give this podcast an earful. Other great episodes of Radiolab that I’ve enjoyed: “<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2011/mar/08/">Help!</a>”, “<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2010/apr/05/">Limits</a>”, “ <a title="Lost and Found by Radiolab" href="http://www.radiolab.org/2011/jan/25/">Lost & Found</a>”, “<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/jul/26/secrets-of-success/">Secrets of Success</a>”, and “<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2011/apr/18/">Desperately Seeking Symmetry</a>”.</p> </blockquote>http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6936367085http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6936367085Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:01:09 -0400<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet">Loved the sixty second Big Data slice</a>http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6889333434http://qssi.tumblr.com/post/6889333434Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:03:54 -0400