Peripety

A pretty rad visual installation created by Zeitguised. Watch it here.

Google’s First GeoEye-1 Hi-Res Photo: Kutztown University, PA

Google just took the first photo with their new high-resolution satellite GeoEye-1. Pretty interesting story about Google’s satellite business over on Wired. “We’re commercializing a technology that was once only in the hands of the governments, just like the internet, just like GPS, just like telecom — all invented by the government. And now we are on the front end of the spear that is commercializing this technology,” Mark Brender, GeoEye’s vice president of communications and marketing.

Don’t Cross This Man’s Stream

Look, my friends, I don’t know who’s going to win this election. (Either way, your healthcare’s always going to suck unless you move to Ottawa.) Just be glad Dan Aykroyd’s not running. One, because he’d win. Two, because the man has lost his damn mind. Not only would he not fix Medicare, he’d also hollow out the skulls of non-believers like you and fill it off-brand vodka. For no other reason than he could. 

Please. For the love of God and Country, do not vote Aykroyd/Daulton in ’12.

Gmail Always Has Our Backs

This just in from the genius minds behind Google/Gmail. According to a new AP article, Gmail now has a feature called “Mail Goggles” (think beer goggles) which can be set to kick in on late nights and weekends (when you may be inclined to send a drunken email to that ex-boyfriend you hate or that co-worker who showed you up in front of the big client). During these times, when you try to send a message, Mail Goggles requires you to answer a series of simple math problems before allowing you to send. As the article says, “If your logical thinking skills are intact, Google is betting you’re sober enough to work out the repercussions of sending that screed you just drafted. And if you can’t multiply two times five, you’ll probably thank Google in the morning.”

It’s simultaneously awesome/a little sad that a free email provider is adding an extra step to the virtual communication process to keep us from doing something we may later regret. I guess we can think of Mail Goggles as our slightly annoying, always-sober, responsible friend who asks us if we’re “absolutely positive that we want to do this.” Oh and if you’re simply bad at math…you may want to switch to Yahoo.

Yacht-zeeee! or Yacht Rock! or Depressing Luxury!

The news says that the entire world is really feeling the effects of the economic downturn in the US. How do the super wealthy deal with these problems? They just hop in their custom built yacht and cruise the open seas burying their treasures on deserted islands. Check out the two most recent acquisitions by multi-billionaires. The top photo is of Russian billionaire, Andrey Melnichenko’s custom yacht designed by Philippe Starck. The second photo is of Greek billionaire, Dakis Joannou’s yacht, which was customized by artist Jeff Koons. I really hope a pirate finds these ships on the open sea.

10 Million Kronor

That’s right everyone, it’s Nobel Prize Week. Throughout the next week the Nobel Prize committee will be announcing the winners in each category. Today they announced the winners in Medicine. I’ll continue to update the blog each day as new winners are announced. Read about the winners after the jump.

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