What is in the sky tonight?

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

The first step for astronomy fans is to find out what is in the sky tonight. Below are some links to help you do that!!! Tonight's Sky Excellent resource for planning your observations. Makes it easy to list everything visible and plan on how to see them (tags: Astronomy reference) Get the Latitude / ...

Astronomy links for beginners

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Beginners guide to astronomy A great tutorial to start looking at the night sky. Shows you how to find basic constellation, navigate the sky and start looking with binoculars with excellent flash tutorials. Your first stop. (tags: Astronomy, Stars, Constellations, Guide, Beginners) Advice for New Astronomers A guide to buying a binoculars/telescopes for the ...

Herodotus: The Histories

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

109 Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.) This is a simple representation of how Herodotus probably saw the world (tags: Maps, history, herodotus, ancient maps) 109A Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.) All tribes mentioned by Herodotus on a simple map (tags: Maps, Ancient Herodotus, history) 109B Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map ...

Understanding Engineers

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

An excellent read on understanding engineer-speak. Fishbowl is a personal favorite blog of mine and this is a particularly well-written post. Must read: http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2007/07/17/understanding_engineers_feasibility -Digvijay

Treadmill vs Elliptical

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Summer is here. Everybody seems to hit the swimming pool, jog, walk or work out in the gym. in the gym, the Treadmill and the Elliptical seem to be good options. Which one of the two is better? There is some good read is on the ...