Recording my journey past the billion suns of the Internet. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-803414-4"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @rocketpilot)http://abillionsuns.com/<iframe frameborder="no" width="400" height="225" scrolling="no" src="http://www.avclub.com/video_embed/?id=38884"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-cure,38884/">Superchunk covers  The Cure | Music | A.V. Undercover | The A.V. Club</a> Pretty charming cover — by a band I’m sad to say I don’t know a lot about — of one of my favourite pop songs of all time. A bit thrashy, but it works. The drummer doesn’t quite nail Boris’s endless cute drum fills, and as the AV Club commenters note, the bassist is clearly bored out of her skull playing one of Simon’s, erm, simpler basslines.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8gzDrRAyoN0kMM6WyL1Dgk7IGhY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8gzDrRAyoN0kMM6WyL1Dgk7IGhY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8gzDrRAyoN0kMM6WyL1Dgk7IGhY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8gzDrRAyoN0kMM6WyL1Dgk7IGhY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/h4ZqcnOIavI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/h4ZqcnOIavI/865111470http://abillionsuns.com/post/865111470Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:02 +1000The CureThe AV ClubcoversInbetween Dayshttp://abillionsuns.com/post/865111470<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l59vznAEuB1qz4vszo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumble.toolmantim.com/post/788016057" class="tumblr_blog">toolmantim</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://shaunchapmanblog.com/">Shaun Chapman</a> added some lovely details to <a href="http://0to255.com/">0to255.com</a></p></blockquote> <p>Useful, elegant. Pity it has to use Flash for some of the additional functionality though.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DzEsK34W1E6gEZexECGmfv2HSoQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DzEsK34W1E6gEZexECGmfv2HSoQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DzEsK34W1E6gEZexECGmfv2HSoQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DzEsK34W1E6gEZexECGmfv2HSoQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/XCwILRLNsGk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/XCwILRLNsGk/853016920http://abillionsuns.com/post/853016920Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:03:34 +1000Web DesignDesign ToolsResourceshttp://abillionsuns.com/post/853016920Q: Can I use the first person? A: Evidently. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KJstAwXnVpFd7reDOsZc7ye5zGs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KJstAwXnVpFd7reDOsZc7ye5zGs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KJstAwXnVpFd7reDOsZc7ye5zGs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KJstAwXnVpFd7reDOsZc7ye5zGs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/Jn93F_eW8Wk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/Jn93F_eW8Wk/829496785http://abillionsuns.com/post/829496785Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:19:24 +1000Grammarhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/829496785<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l58z84L95f1qzy0ygo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://arielwaldman.tumblr.com/post/813817250/suitsat" class="tumblr_blog">arielwaldman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cosmicpower.tumblr.com/post/811717777/invaderxan-crookedindifference-suitsat-one">cosmicpower</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://invaderxan.tumblr.com/post/811708881/crookedindifference-suitsat-one-of-the">invaderxan</a>:<a href="http://crookedindifference.tumblr.com/post/802226091/suitsat-one-of-the-strangest-satellites">crookedindifference</a>:</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuitSat">SuitSat</a>, one of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age, was a retired Russian <a title="Orlan space suits" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlan_space_suits">Orlan spacesuit</a> with a <a title="Radio transmitter" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_transmitter">radio transmitter payload</a> mounted on its helmet.</strong></p> <p>It was ejected from the International Space Station on February 3, 2006. It carried an amateur radio beacon that was activated in the two meter band.<strong> Using a simple police scanner or ham radio, you could listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth.</strong> On September 7, 2006, at 16:00 GMT, Suitsat re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere over the Southern Ocean at 110.4° East latitude and 46.3° South longitude.</p> <p><a href="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-12/html/iss012e16905.html"><strong><small>Photo source</small></strong></a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Beautifully eerie.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d3WzfCxXZxnprfMxCFwhufJoucQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d3WzfCxXZxnprfMxCFwhufJoucQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d3WzfCxXZxnprfMxCFwhufJoucQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d3WzfCxXZxnprfMxCFwhufJoucQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/3rmv1j4VUC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/3rmv1j4VUC0/814089006http://abillionsuns.com/post/814089006Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:11:00 +1000Spacehttp://abillionsuns.com/post/814089006<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4dyxbKmhe1qzul5to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thetardis.tumblr.com/post/809014000/laughinacorner-doctor-who-eleven-doctors-action" class="tumblr_blog">thetardis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughinacorner.tumblr.com/post/723268533/doctor-who-eleven-doctors-action-figures-set-with">laughinacorner</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Doctor Who Eleven Doctors Action Figures set with TARDIS = AWESOME</p> <p>Cop a set <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=UT03418">here</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Want or need? Need. 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Stunning work.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4lJ6DqD3VUsWX-dOff1n9kTAy4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4lJ6DqD3VUsWX-dOff1n9kTAy4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4lJ6DqD3VUsWX-dOff1n9kTAy4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4lJ6DqD3VUsWX-dOff1n9kTAy4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/PZr4SpMBP_0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/PZr4SpMBP_0/726943163http://abillionsuns.com/post/726943163Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:13:53 +1000pastiche1970stechnologyhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/726943163Female Genital Mutilation at Cornell University: One of the most most horrifying and bewildering... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4zsVUGu6sxeSANmFdnxpl_O2rlQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4zsVUGu6sxeSANmFdnxpl_O2rlQ/0/di" border="0" 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src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YCbEhBVzZbAU5EjwQx72qwjeZOM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/XH-m23zf54Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/XH-m23zf54Y/699597680http://abillionsuns.com/post/699597680Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:06:33 +1000http://abillionsuns.com/post/699597680<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3zsyu0zHk1qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Angel against the sky</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iky941TCItfe7gXrb1LtTYbr7jw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iky941TCItfe7gXrb1LtTYbr7jw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iky941TCItfe7gXrb1LtTYbr7jw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iky941TCItfe7gXrb1LtTYbr7jw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/azEpDWO9NZI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/azEpDWO9NZI/696654129http://abillionsuns.com/post/696654129Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:04:06 +1000Toowong Cemeteryhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/696654129<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3zskpZdnD1qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A peaceful spot</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p8g6fa8XBar5i9i-MgUcS9B3OIs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p8g6fa8XBar5i9i-MgUcS9B3OIs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p8g6fa8XBar5i9i-MgUcS9B3OIs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p8g6fa8XBar5i9i-MgUcS9B3OIs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/gJWntm43OHs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/gJWntm43OHs/696633962http://abillionsuns.com/post/696633962Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:55:00 +1000Toowong Cemeteryhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/696633962<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3zsg3HCNZ1qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSB1DY6M08vVa5bM2LvmIm84ze8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSB1DY6M08vVa5bM2LvmIm84ze8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSB1DY6M08vVa5bM2LvmIm84ze8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HSB1DY6M08vVa5bM2LvmIm84ze8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/9sEUTWCXpZU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/9sEUTWCXpZU/696627168http://abillionsuns.com/post/696627168Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:52:51 +1000http://abillionsuns.com/post/696627168<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3zsdc7ub91qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Angels in Toowong</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4a9CWcr-C9XrNrZ3Pq9Z55HpEg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4a9CWcr-C9XrNrZ3Pq9Z55HpEg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4a9CWcr-C9XrNrZ3Pq9Z55HpEg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T4a9CWcr-C9XrNrZ3Pq9Z55HpEg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/1k79QuvL2fI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/1k79QuvL2fI/696623096http://abillionsuns.com/post/696623096Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:51:12 +1000AngelsToowong Cemeteryhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/696623096<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3zs4ySbYh1qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with Hipstamatic. Toowong Cemetery.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aWnCAXOpzf6iwZE4qa3pWq2EAC4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aWnCAXOpzf6iwZE4qa3pWq2EAC4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aWnCAXOpzf6iwZE4qa3pWq2EAC4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aWnCAXOpzf6iwZE4qa3pWq2EAC4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/pXVoTzWjtEQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/pXVoTzWjtEQ/696609722http://abillionsuns.com/post/696609722Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:46:10 +1000Photo ToursToowonghttp://abillionsuns.com/post/696609722Even though Republicans seem to think The US Taxpayer should bail out BP for its financial losses... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5nKhiG6v0twnti4HQb_FEYDdK1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5nKhiG6v0twnti4HQb_FEYDdK1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5nKhiG6v0twnti4HQb_FEYDdK1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5nKhiG6v0twnti4HQb_FEYDdK1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/REtDKZWPiwc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/REtDKZWPiwc/685805892http://abillionsuns.com/post/685805892Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:06:43 +1000PoliticsUS ElectionsBPOilhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/685805892Anti-Competitive AND Potentially Creepy: Via Daring Fireball, a pretty smart analysis of... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XlQgLHzNNdKfrPyLXaQ213CZtYc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XlQgLHzNNdKfrPyLXaQ213CZtYc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XlQgLHzNNdKfrPyLXaQ213CZtYc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XlQgLHzNNdKfrPyLXaQ213CZtYc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/_ozu3UFa15Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/_ozu3UFa15Y/685273734http://abillionsuns.com/post/685273734Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:36:29 +1000ApplePrivacyAdvertisingGooglehttp://abillionsuns.com/post/685273734<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3scng2n2I1qzt3x8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lachstock.tumblr.com/post/682932592/benw-white-2000x1500-please-forgive-me-but" class="tumblr_blog">lachstock</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.benward.me/post/682775124" class="tumblr_blog">benw</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>White 2000×1500</h1> <p>Please forgive me, but I’m going to be an unrelenting bitch about this Google background thing for just a moment longer:</p> <p>When you <em>eventually</em> figure out how to get a white background back on Google.com (once the background picker tool eventually loads—it will probably force you to log in again first—look under ‘Editors Picks’, and then ‘White’) you may notice a few things:</p> <ol> <li>On a white background, the text is still white, so you’ll be reading everything by shadow shape. Users of Microsoft Internet Explorer (which has shitty support for <code>text-shadow</code>) are screwed (<a href="http://skitch.com/benward/d8tpa">screenshot</a>.)</li> <li>‘White’—which you and I and everyone else would just consider a colour—is in fact still served up by Google as an <em>image</em>.</li> <li>That image is named ‘White-2000×1500’.</li> <li>Sounds large, right? Don’t panic, the actual image dimensions are 1600×1200.</li> <li>Which is still an extra HTTP request and 11KB over the wire.</li> <li>And it’s loaded as an <code><img></code> element, rather than a background image.</li> <li>And that <code><img></code> doesn’t have any alt text, so screen readers are going to try and infer what it might mean. Like, they’re going to read out: “http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fxkujw2mA9U/TA79kGonjWI/AAAAAAAAAO8/wgt1U7ogm0k/e365/white-2000x1500.jpg”.</li> </ol> <p>Where was <a href="http://stevesouders.com/">Steve Sounders</a> when they shit this one out?</p> <p>Who implements background customization with only support for images anyway?</p> <p>What‽</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>It appears that Google’s gone completely barking mental.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxmwnv-LMXMDD5wEyqUklRLK-GI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxmwnv-LMXMDD5wEyqUklRLK-GI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxmwnv-LMXMDD5wEyqUklRLK-GI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dxmwnv-LMXMDD5wEyqUklRLK-GI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/yNpZx6wuArQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/yNpZx6wuArQ/684966576http://abillionsuns.com/post/684966576Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:36:15 +1000GoogleMentalismhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/684966576<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3myc66oKH1qz4svdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/06/07/the-picture-we-never-thought-we%E2%80%99d-see/">The Picture We Never Thought We’d See</a>: blimey.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-QY4DuJcgdIDZKI-EJaV7Y6-ULg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-QY4DuJcgdIDZKI-EJaV7Y6-ULg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-QY4DuJcgdIDZKI-EJaV7Y6-ULg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-QY4DuJcgdIDZKI-EJaV7Y6-ULg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/VuIiZTjjN0g" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/VuIiZTjjN0g/672494610http://abillionsuns.com/post/672494610Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:31:17 +1000Tim BurtonDoctor WhoBAFTAshttp://abillionsuns.com/post/672494610When online media outlets pay peanuts, they get monkeys: In the wake of New Matilda folding, a... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ukXiSO-4nRbbF8kd_sQf0onE4jY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ukXiSO-4nRbbF8kd_sQf0onE4jY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ukXiSO-4nRbbF8kd_sQf0onE4jY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ukXiSO-4nRbbF8kd_sQf0onE4jY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~4/YY1-ldKRL2o" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RocketpilotsFlightlog/~3/YY1-ldKRL2o/639598247http://abillionsuns.com/post/639598247Fri, 28 May 2010 13:55:45 +1000JournalismWritingPublishingLabourhttp://abillionsuns.com/post/639598247