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No Blogathon This Year
June 29, 2004

I wasn’t paying attention and they cancelled the Blogathon this year. That really stinks. Just because the people that rent the domain name aren’t going to manage it, we all get the short shrift.

Anyway, I guess the folks over at Project-Blog are going to take over the operation. They won’t call it Blogathon, of course, but it’s basically the same thing. I can’t imagine it’ll be the same. Actually, the frequency of their ’thon is a little less– only every half hour instead of every quarter hour.

Cassini-Huygens
June 28, 2004

On Wednesday Casini-Huygens is going to pass through the rings of Saturn. I suppose that it will take some really cool pictures as it completes its one and only pass through the rings.

This project is pretty neat besides its passage through the rings. The probe is giong to orbit Saturn for a while, but it’s going to eject a lander that is going to check out Titan, one of Saturn’s moons. Titan looks to be a pretty interesting place. 1/4 the diameter of Earth, it has an atmosphere that goes out 600 miles (that’s 10 times the depth of Earth’s atmosphere) that has a lot of methane gas in it. Scientists say that there might even be liquid lakes of methane on Titan. Hopefully, it survives and sends back good pictures, even though the landing isn’t until November, I think.

Exhibit 1.1
June 25, 2004

I’ve been spending too much time lately working on this blasted image gallery plugin. Too much time especialyl compared to how much time I’ve spent actually generating images to post.

But I have released a new version of the Exhibit plugin, 1.1. 1.1 offers some exciting new user interface enhancements that nobody who regularly reads this blog will care about. Suffice to say, they’re pretty cool. Using Exhibit makes it much easier to gather and output images.

Desperately Seeking
June 24, 2004

Married White Couple with 3-year-old daughter and incoming (late November) newborn seeks compatible family in the Downingtown/West Chester (Chester County, PA) area for recreational companionship. Qualified candidates should have similarly aged children. Progressive applicants must enjoy similar interests, have an adventurous leaning, and be available for group vacations. Reasonable proximity is a must. Forward inquiries via email to ringmaster [at] midnightcircus [dot] com.

Why is it so hard to find compatible people to hang out with?