Archives for September 2006
Upcoming Games from Fantasy Flight and Days of Wonder
Published on 21 Sep 2006 at 6:36 pm.
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Filed under Tabletop Games.
To me, Fantasy Flight and Days of Wonder are two of the best game companies out there; their games are top quality and have great components. I’m definitely looking forward to some recently announced titles.Most exciting to me is Days of Wonder’s BattleLore. This is a light fantasy wargame in the vein of the WWII […]
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gp2tanx Dev Log Continued
Published on 13 Sep 2006 at 9:37 am.
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Filed under Video Games, Tech.
gp2tanx is now feature-complete. I’m just waiting on some art for the splash screens and victory screens, and then it is ready to go. Well, almost. Everything works great on Windows, but when I compile for the gp2x, it crashes at the pause screen. I’m trying to isolate the problem but I haven’t been able […]
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Atlantis Launch Today
Published on 8 Sep 2006 at 6:38 am.
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Filed under Astronomy.
The shuttle Atlantis will (hopefully) launch this morning around 11:41 AM EST. The schedule for this mission, STS115, has been moved around a lot but it’s finally getting off the ground.
You can read the mission overview on the STS115 page. NASA says:
NASA’s ready to get back to building the International Space Station, which means the […]
How Planets Are Named
Published on 7 Sep 2006 at 8:42 am.
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Filed under Astronomy.
The Planetary Society has a brief article by a member of the IAU Nomenclature Committee about the naming process for planets, planetary features and so on.
For example:
We maintain a database of potential names for planetary features, which must all fit within a theme for that body. For example, eruptive centers on Io are named after […]
Theater of Science
Published on 7 Sep 2006 at 8:37 am.
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Theater of Science is coming to NYC as part of the Science + Art Festival.
Jack and I got tickets for Thursday November 9th.
Hey, who doesn’t like Telsa coils?
MRO Finishes Aerobraking
Published on 5 Sep 2006 at 9:06 am.
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On August 30th, the Mars Recon Orbiter finished 6 months(!) of aerobraking and is now in a 2-hour orbit above Mars at 210km above the surface. Go science!
Since they were already getting images like the one below back in April, I can’t wait to see what they will get now!