Archives for June 2008

Lego Jason Giambi

Published on 16 Jun 2008 at 8:49 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Lego.

Ever since I made Lego David Wright, people have been saying “Make some Yankees!”.
Your wish is granted.
Here is Lego Giambi, complete with slump-breaking moustache and thong.

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First Light: Celestron NexStar 8 SE

Published on 15 Jun 2008 at 9:08 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Astronomy.

The clouds finally lifted, and last week I got the check out my new NexStar. After setting up the red dot finder, I was ready to go.
Having already entered my latitude and longitude info into the scope’s computer during one of the cloudy nights, alignment was very easy. From my backyard I could see the […]

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Curse of the New Scope

Published on 9 Jun 2008 at 8:56 am. No Comments.
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I’ve got a brandy-new scope, a Celestron NexStar 8 SE… so of course it has been raining or overcast every night since I bought it last week.
The good news is that I got the scope-to-Starry Night interface working, so once the scope is aligned I can use Starry Night to slew it. I’m really excited […]

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