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24 Sep

Bin Bag Aircraft. A $50 science experiment

by Spooner

“The project consisted of three major components: trash bags, payload, and a parachute. The payload consisted of a GPS tracking device and a digital camera to take images of the journey. After planning the project thoroughly, I chose August 24th because that day was very warm and clear with light winds. T.B.A.C managed to stay [...]

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01 Oct

Unicorn Game Win!

by Spooner

Everyone loves Easter Eggs. Everyone loves a unicorn. Every one loves a game. So how do you feel about a secret Easter Egg Unicorn Game??!?!? I know! Unbelievable! Go to http://www.physics.byu.edu/ and press up, up. down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a (during game z jumps, x dashes.) M33p! Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s [...]

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01 Oct

Seemingly abandoned spaceship on the streets of Moscow

by Spooner

A photo slideshow of the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran left lying abandoned in a Moscow junk yard. How very sad it is to see his once magnificent flying machine left to rot after all the effort that once went into getting her into space and back.  A Bing translation from the link page:  Seemingly abandoned [...]

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21 Sep

A Photowalk with my dog – Phone vs Pet’s Eye View

by Spooner

Ok, @instantdan gave me (well, my dog, Maggie) a Pet’s Eye View camera and the other weekend I finally got round to plugging it in and strapping it on (something tells me that Mary Bale would have done that the other way round). I had my developer release Windows Phone 7 on me as I [...]

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11 Aug

Only the nose knows

by Spooner

A famous feature of Admiralty Arch is its “nose”. On the inside wall of the northernmost arch there is a small protrusion the size and shape of a human nose. There is little or no public information as to why it is there. The nose is at a height of about seven feet, and sits [...]

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