A Little Bit Goes a Long Way

We are on Mars

I think that needs to be said at least once a day by everyone. We are on Mars. Of course we've been to Mars before but I think we've gotten to used to what is really a fantastic event. We are on another Planet. In 10000 short years, we've gone from climbing trees (a skill we still retain) to landing vehicles on other planets.

Its pretty cool by a long shot.

Armor Up

Romeo Models

Elfquest Returns

Back in the hey days of no one's particular life there was a comic series, in magazine format, called Elfquest. It took as its premise, that elves were small, in the range of a dwarf's height, and filled with a primitive magic; they were warlike as well, though not in the high elves of Middle Earth form. More barbaric. It was good stuff and afforded some great reading.

Well its seems Darkhorse comics is picking up the license and releasing a new series of Elfquest comic books. The Pinis continue to write the books which is cool. The new series charts the return to the forest for our heroes. Titled the Final Quest, it doesn't bode well for a continuing series. But should be fun.

There was a film planned and it may still be in the works . . .

Family Tree

Of the Norse Gods

Word of the Day -- Garniture

Garniture: embellishment, trimming; or a set of decorative objects (as vases, urns, or clocks).

In Middle French, the language from which today's word was borrowed, "garniture" meant "equipment." "Garniture" is an alteration of the Old French noun "garnesture," which is derived from the verb "garnir," which meant "to warn, equip, or garnish." In fact, an Anglo-French stem of "garner," "garniss-," is the source of the English verb "garnish," which in its senses of "decorate" and "embellish" shares a similar relationship to "garniture" that the verb "furnish" shares with "furniture." "Furnish" comes from the Anglo-French "furniss-," a stem of the verb "furnir" or "fournir," which also gave rise to the Middle French "fourniture," the source of the English "furniture."
 

Speedy

Some physicists are postulating in European Physics Journal D that the speed of light may not be constant. This would be pretty cool as it would goof with our definition of how large the universe is based on how fast it is flying apart . . . or so the theory surmises . . . though I don't actually think theories can surmise anything, unless they originate on twitter which seems to have a life of its own at times, if a life a bit useless.

But the two papers, published separately examine the relative speed of light at the quantum level, theorizing that photons transmit passing energy at different charges, depending on the photon itself and i assume the charge; these changes in energy output might mean light travels at different speeds. The second theory examines the nature of light in the vacuum and its interaction with the magnetic spheres it may encounter. This may affect the speed of light.

Not hat is a horrible regurgitation of a pretty fascinating article that you can read on Live Science here.

I have little doubt that our understanding of the physical universe is marginal; I do see the value in the mathematics of it, if the equations work at one level then the universality (awesome word that) of mathematics means they must work on all levels. But that said there is just too much we don't know and more that we theorize on.

Just ask the Spacing Guild

Daily Cosplay

Iron Man 3 is coming this weekend. So we'll celebrate with some Iron Man cosplay.

On a Monday . . .

Eve Online To the TV

It looks like the massive MMORPG EVE is hitting the small screen. Baltasar Kormakur is heading up the project. You'll see his work this summer in 2 Guns . . . which looks really good but will be kick ass once your realize that MUTHER F#(**!) Bill Paxton is in it!.

Of course that movie is far removed from the science fiction epic that is Eve and its universe. The show charts the war between rival societies trapped in a wormhole. All very cool stuff if you've seen it online.

More here.

The Iron Wars

Throughout the universe matter wars with matter for dominance. In places water consumes all, in others, gase; rumors abound of planets made of diamonds, but no matter the winner, the war continues for the universe is inherently a violent landscape where all things struggle with one the other. Some devour . . . some are consumed . . .

Here is it in small (despite my rambling pretext this is really cool)

Wonders

Fast and Furuios 6

Hmm I've enjoyed the franchise so far. Might as well in for number six.

The Tank?