Google Starry Night Gadget

I just remembered that I had this at my old blog, and just used it to identify the enormous star low to the east at dawn - Venus . It's a very cool tool: Knows where you are; you may have to enter the time; and it displays the sky as seen from your location; and it identifies constellations and stars for you.

I Should Have Bet on the Packers

Here's a photo of a beer cap from an Australian Carlton Draught beer I opened for the Super Bowl this morning in Sydney:

Here's what Christine found on its underside:

D'oh!

How to Preserve Snowflakes

I may as well rip off my own old blog for whatever good bits it has. This is definitely one.

Ever wanted to catch a snowflake and keep it forever? You can. This is a photograph of a snowflake that fell in January 1979, but it isn’t a 27-year-old photo. It is a recent shot of a snowflake that’s been sitting in chemist Tryggvi Emilsson’s desk for 27 years, locked in a drop of that miracle of modern chemistry we call superglue.

The photo: