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Mars Science Lab is away!

john — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:44:53 +0000

there it goes… next stop mars!

planet Devour

john — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:20:24 +0000

what planet is that you ask? it turns out, it’s not a planet at all. this and a whole bunch more are well worn frying pans.

a comic about Feynman

john — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:50:38 +0000

preview it here
buy it here.

wobble moon

john — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:33:11 +0000

about the movie.

rotating night sky

john — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:08:54 +0000

normally you don’t see the earth rotate, you see the sky move. here’s a better look at what is really going on.

Big Red Button

john — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:12:17 +0000

Big Red Button

auditioning the moon

john — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:36:20 +0000

Scale from Brad Goodspeed on Vimeo.

remember when I said, “whoa… it’s big!”? I wasn’t kidding!

hand held Jupiter

john — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:37:47 +0000

here’s a shot of Jupiter and the moon made with a iPhone 3GS. it’s hand held. it took about 5 shots to get one that grabs a round planet. I was hoping to zoom in to see moons. sadly, there were no moons.

flying the left solid on the shuttle

john — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:37:54 +0000

it gets good at 2 minutes.

opening day 2010

john — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:19:31 +0000

opening day at Death Star Park. Jerry Rice throws out the opening pitch to Steve Young. it took lots of innings to win that day. the Panorama was shot hand held with a Canon SD 750. it was stitched with Photoshop using the PhotoMerge feature and is color uncorrected.