I just got the coolest program called ‘Starry Night Backyard’. It’s beautiful and I’m really quite excited about it. I should preface this a little and mention my growing interest in astronomy. Well, I’ve always enjoyed it but never really pursued it because it can be an expensive hobby. And I have my cousin to blame for re-igniting my interest in it – that and the fact that my daughter’s really taken with it as well. She’s so clever.<\/p>\n
Anyway, this program has you program the Longitude and Latitude of your location and then it will project stars, planets, constellations, satellites and comets at any point in time – either past, present or future. You can “visit” other planets\/stars, magnify them, learn their coordinates, check the zodiac constellations… It’s just really bloody cool. The kidlet is going to get so much use out of it for school.<\/p>\n
I just finished watching Apollo 13 for the hundredth time. I own the video but I love when they show it on the History channel because Jim Lovell is interviewed during commercial breaks. It’s an amazing film really, and even though I know perfectly well how it ends, I still end up crying like a baby when they make it back home. Rick’s got a couple of videos of all the Apollo missions that I guess just play all of the communications from mission control to the crafts. Can’t wait to borrow that from him.<\/p>\n
The weather’s finally cooling off. It was actually chilly out this morning which brought a smile to my face. Summer’s nearly over – yay! The first Husker game was today, hockey season’s starting up, the nights are cold, and the leaves are slowly beginning to change. I’m looking forward to this fall and winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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