Friday, September 24, 2004

Constellation Hydra Astronomers Spot Monster Collision of Galaxies. [Quote:] If you think Earth is a mess, consider the turmoil in the constellation Hydra, where astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The cosmic smash-up poses no danger to Earth ? it is located about 800 million light-years away and the galaxies involved tend to speed by each other without crashing ? but our own Milky Way could be on a similar collision course in a few billion years. [bTang reBlog] 6:09:16 PM

Print on Demand DIY book publishing takes off. Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle via USA Today: Do-it-Yourself Book Publishing Takes Off on the Web. ... [T]his kind of publishing might just foster a market for book-writing in the same way Kodak first opened up photography to amateur picture takers nearly a century ago, said Frank Cost, a printing professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. "Everyone is starting to realize this works, and it's fantastic," Cost said. (Continued at JD's New Media Musings) [unmediated] 5:54:05 PM

Robby Rothschild Vid Clip - Chopin Nocturne Robby at the Birchmere. Above link takes you to a little video of Robby Rothschild playing piano at the Birchmere a little while ago. You may also want to check out another new little clip, which shows the last third of the Drum Duet. The instore at Borders in DC went well and we met a lot of nice folks. [Ottmar Liebert] 7:13:02 AM

Cornerstone A Picture Share!. Amen. By (doctor paradox). [words - Everyone's Tagged Photos] 6:31:39 AM