Posts Tagged travel

“Time is Nothing” Traveling the World with Time Lapse Photography in Under 5 Minutes

Here’s a time lapse video from Kien Lam that we found roughly a month ago. We’re sure it’s made the round on the blog-o-internet-sphere but it’s a damn fine ride that deserves posting.

YOu can learn more about each scene on Kien lam’s website.

17 Countries. 343 Days. 6237 Photographs. One incredible journey.

Original Music: “Places and Faces” by William Lam. Will is an extremely talented musical composer whose range is barely touched in this composition he wrote specifically for the video. He’s also my little brother. If you want to commission William to write music, email him at MetaphysikaSounds[at]gmail[dot]com.

via +Laughing Squid

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Friday Night Movie: The Sagan Series Continues, “Life Looks for Life”

Reid Gower’s pro-space travel/NASA video series has a part 2. See part 1 here.

It appears that someone, Mr Gower perhaps, has begun a Facebook page called The Sagan Series. It’s focus thus far has been to collect the two space fan videos in one place. The series Facebook currently has 1845 Space Bastards in the “Like.” let’s see if we could raise that number to a million, yes?

Sidenote: It’s occurred to us that we’ve not been very science-y of late. Of course there are plenty posts in draft status. We just haven’t made the time to give the posts all the love they require. Time to change that tactic.

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Canadians Invade Alabama! Where Should @AlexandLuke Visit in Huntsville?

This will be quick.

Al.Com’s @MCuthbert informed:


Alexandra Sabine and Luke Vigeant are two Canadian travelers engaged in a massive social media experiment. They’re on a quest to visit every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada. And they’re doing it all based on recommendations from people on the Internet.

Together, they are Alex and Luke, and through their blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page, Gowalla check-ins, and YouTube videos, they solicit suggestions on what city to visit next — and also what to see, where to eat, and where to stay while there. Basically, they’re living their lives through crowd-sourcing.

Then he suggested:

@groonk Tell @alexandluke where to go while they’re in your city today! http://bit.ly/aFBAu5less than a minute ago via Seesmic

They’re in Huntsville today. But these places have already been suggested.

After Birmingham, they’re heading up to Huntsville, where they may see the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Big Spring Park, Harrison Brothers Hardware, Maple Hill Cemetery, or Monte Sano Mountain. Along they way, suggestions could take them to Rickwood Caverns in Warrior, Alabama or Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman.

So here’s our list of Huntsville visits:

US Space and Rocket Center. : http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/
It’s already been suggested but we must reiterate. Walking around inside with the Rocket in a Box(authentic Saturn V rocket) might be preferable to running about in the Alabama heat. Also, the Space Center is hosting…

The Star Wars Experience: http://www.spacecamp.com/landing/starwars/?q=starwars
“Where Science Meets Imagination,” is the catch phrase. We experienced the museum of a galaxy, far, far away on July 4th(Groonkly Bits on that later). It’s only in town for the summer. So it’d be foolish to miss it. We suggest the augmented reality games and the Millenium falcon movie(even though its an extra $5).

Beauregard’s : http://www.eatbeauregards.com/
If you like wings. If you want wings. If you need wings. There’s no place like it. We suggest the Jordan Lane location. Soak in the ambiance. If you’d rather have a burger, they got that, too. be sure to ask about the habanero sauce.

heh.

Cricket’s : http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/168/968931/restaurant/Huntsville/Crickets-Madison
Also a wing’s place. Also very good. it’s out in Madison.

Soul Burger: http://www.groonk.net/blog/?p=11315
It’s a burger joint in a gym. How do you not visit?

Three Caves Quarry : http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=21021
It’s hot out there, kids. But if you don’t mind walking to it, the caves should be cooler once inside.

We’re coming up blank for other things to do.

Huntsvillians, please share your recommendations in our comments or Alex and Luke’s web houses.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/alexandluke
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/alexandlukedotcom
Main Site: http://alexandluke.com/

Alex and Luke visit Alabama

via matthew cuthbert, al.com

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Ahoy There! NASA Set to Test Solar Sails

The agency plans to fly a tiny probe known as NanoSail-D, which is scheduled for launch later this month aboard an experimental Falcon 1 rocket, built by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk‘s new startup, Space Exploration Technologies.

NanoSail is not the primary payload and it will be booted off the launcher rather early in the flight. Because the spacecraft will be left in an elliptical rather than circular orbit around Earth, it will be dragged back into the atmosphere as early as five days after launch.

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If the Voyager probes had solar sails, for example, they would have reached the outer edges of the solar system in about a decade, rather than the 30 years it has taken for them to reach their present locations, Montgomery said.

“If you’re going far away, the sail will eventually get you there sooner,” he said.

Solar sails are most useful where sunlight is strongest — the inner solar system. With sails, satellites could change orbits, hover and steer themselves out of orbit upon completion of their missions to avoid becoming a hazard to other, still operational satellites.

(via discovery channel)

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WAEFD Part 9: That Matt Fellow is Back

When all Else Fails…Dance returns with a return. Matt Harding’s back in 2008 with a sponsor and a whole mess of folk dancing with him.

(via where the hell is matt)

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