Jinn?
According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
Projects
Travel, around the world.
Sleep, less.
Profit, more.
Eat, deliciously.
Find, a new home.
Bio?
Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: entrepreneur, programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: entrepreneur, programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
2004-Jan-07 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
Sun and time on Mars
For Mars fans, the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies offers Mars24,
a cross-platform Java application and applet which displays a Mars "sunclock", a graphical representation of Mars showing the current sun- and nightsides of Mars, along with a numerical readout of the time in 24-hour format. Other displays include a plot showing the relative orbital positions of Mars and Earth and a diagram showing the solar angle for a given location on Mars.Also included is the location of various man-made objects.
Mars colours
This is what the Western world can do. Land on another planet and return gorgeous pictures of a possible future home of ours.
Mars As You've Never Seen It Before (Jet Propulsion Laboratory):
The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has captured its first color image of Mars [on 2004-Jan-06]. It is the highest resolution picture ever taken of another planet.
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