Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Soap bubbles in space: cool online experiment logs from the ISS Boing Boing Blog -> Soap bubbles in space: cool online experiment logs from the ISS. NASA publishes a weekly online newsletter of fun, space-related science news and experiments -- it's intended for students, but they're fun for (geeky) adults, too. Cool Quicktime movies of each experiment, and you can listen to the entire story via streaming or downloadable MP3 files. This week's edition profiles some crazy experiments on the ISS involving how thin films and liquid bubbles act in zero gravity. Above: ISS crew member Don Pettit fills a zero-g "beaker" -- a plastic bag. "This baggie makes a nice beaker for use in zero-gravity," he explains. "It's a real handy way to handle a open container of water." Link, Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 8:45:22 PM  comment []       Microsoft's threedegrees beta is out lawrence's notebook -> Microsoft's threedegrees beta is out. Along with the group instant messaging software, it include a simple music jukebox (called musicmix) that lets you share Windows Media audio, MP3 and WAV files with friends. There's a Newsweek profile of the project and News.Com did an interview with the GM of the group that developed threedegrees. How did they decide on the 60-song limit for the jukebox? "So someone brings their CD, and when they leave the party they take their CD home with them. That is exactly the model we used. The playlist can't be longer than 60 songs, which is equivalent to the 6-CD changer you have in your living room." [lawrence's notebook] 7:32:51 AM  comment []       Dave's getting Radio to work with Audblog Scripting News -> I still have another programming project tonight -- to get Radio working with Audblog. We've got the wire we need on the server side, now I have to try to call it from the workstation and see if it works. Fingers crossed. (Postscript: Worked the first time.) Praise Murphy. [Scripting News] 12:14:10 AM  comment []

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