If I had left the hit counter running on this page, my blog's hit count would be somewhere in the six-figures.

People sure want to see pictures of Paris Hilton.

Ah, the spirit of international cooperation.

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Photos from Titan indicate that......

DUDE!!!! PHOTOS FROM TITAN!!!!

Um, sorry, got a little excited there.

Titan's Big News: A Mysterious Shoreline. New pictures of Saturn's moon Titan and other observations show that the Huygens spacecraft landed on a spongy surface like wet sand or soft clay. By By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD. [NYT > Science]

Apparently, the Huygens spacecraft is sitting on the edge of a large lake of liquid farts methane.

New pictures of Saturn's moon Titan and other observations show that the Huygens spacecraft landed on a spongy surface like wet sand or soft clay, possibly saturated with liquid methane. The sky was orange, with patches of ground fog. Even the fist-size lumps of ice were a dusty orange. Beyond the site, deep drainage channels appeared to lead to a shoreline in the distance.

But a "shore" to what? Scientists, in their first reports on Saturday on results of the successful Huygens landing, said the flat, dark area beyond the bright drainage terrain might still hold hydrocarbons, presumably methane, that can remain liquid even in Titan's climate of minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit. Or the basins may have been drained empty - a lake that was, and could be again.

10:05:30 PM    

Yo, Boba Fett- replicate yourself a bar of soap.

Star-Wars-y sand-tank with giant stereo for $20k. Cory Doctorow:

The JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank is an open-ended custom-made, Star-Wars-oid personal tank that carries up to five people at 40mph over sand. It comes with a giant 400w stereo and a camera for recording the reactions of the people you drive past. Only 20 grand!

Link

(via Gizmodo)

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