the moon over 28 days

My friend Paul sent me this cool time lapse image of the moon over it's 28 day cycle.

Update: This post has been Revised, because a brave "Anonymous" commenter scolded me for linking directly to the Wikipedia server. Thanks for your polite language, Mr. Anonymous.

it's getting colder....

today the wind chill in Boston is -15F.   Yikes!   According to the Boston Globe, the temperature at the North Pole exceeds the temperature here.

In the article, they specifically mention that Buenos Aires is a pleasant 71 degrees today.

It's cold here.

Yesterday the Charles River was partially frozen. Today, I took this photo from the 1 Bus going over the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Ave.) from Boston to Cambridge:

An odor of gas has permeated New York City

... who farted?

for the music fan who has almost everything...

here's a gift everyone needs:



Yes, just in case you love music so much that you can't stop listening while you poo, you can have an iPod dock complete with speakers which doubles as a toilet paper holder! Fortunately, it has buttons on it so that you don't have to touch you iPod with your poo-covered hands to change tracks!

I'm not making this up. It's on sale for 89.95.