Take To The Sky
I've lately been re-watching episodes of my all-time favorite documentary: Cosmos. (Thanks for the extended DVD loan, JPM.) It's as good now as I remember it being back then; better, perhaps, because as an adult, I have more perspective on how nuanced and bittersweet Carl Sagan's exposition and analysis really way. What a brave, visionary man.
As such, it really made my morning today when I read about Google Sky on Boing Boing. Naturally, I downloaded the new version and booted it right up, and ... well, the feeling is indescribable. I could almost hear the Vangelis soundtrack to Cosmos* playing in my head as I zoomed deeper and deeper into space on my laptop. These are magical times we live in.
Off to watch some Cosmos.
* - which I have on vinyl, btw. how cool is that? thanks mom.
(Photo by Flickr user Computer Science Geek. Three cheers for Creative Commons.)
As such, it really made my morning today when I read about Google Sky on Boing Boing. Naturally, I downloaded the new version and booted it right up, and ... well, the feeling is indescribable. I could almost hear the Vangelis soundtrack to Cosmos* playing in my head as I zoomed deeper and deeper into space on my laptop. These are magical times we live in.
Off to watch some Cosmos.
* - which I have on vinyl, btw. how cool is that? thanks mom.
(Photo by Flickr user Computer Science Geek. Three cheers for Creative Commons.)
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