Dropshadow's Shadow

Life in the shadow of a nerd.

saveroomminibar:

Light-Speed and other planetary occurrences.

So I put together a very crudely edited and hastily shot video of a very elegant and beautiful thing; Space Simulations. Namely, Space Engine.

I just wanted to show some of the things you can do and see whilst running Space Engine.

The video is clearly syndicated by Fraps, as I used fraps (free) so don’t mind the banner.The video is set to Björk’s Cosmogony, which synch’d up nicely despite little orchestration.

Also, I feel, for health reasons, I should have an epilepsy warning to the video. Yes. It get’s that intense.

Note: I stared at footage for over an hour and when I close my eyes, and I am always in space.

Other note: If the video seems to freeze, it hasn’t. You’re just moving through vast distances of space in relatively slower time.

Best viewed in 1080p HD.

jtotheizzoe: A Self-Portrait of Opportunity I want you to stop and think about something. This is a picture of another planet. Where this robot is. Right now. As we sit here on Earth in this or any moment, we each have in our heads a flurry of worries and questions and ideas. And most of them pertain to our own lives. That’s okay, it’s human nature. We are each the center of our own universe. I often think about this in crowded places, like while in traffic, as the place I’m going is far more important than the place all of these other people are going. I’m convinced that they feel the same way. And so we sit. But that means that there are seven billion mental universes walking around on this planet. We are staring into them through little digital windows that we carry in our hands, and certain that this decision is the most important decision. Everything that is happening is happening to us. Yet for the past eight years, there has been a dusty, six-wheeled rover crawling around the surface of Mars, completely alone. Incidentally, that rover has exceeded its expected mission of 90 days by thirty-two times over. That’s admirable, and I can’t help but personify the little guy. Like a sort of scrappy, diligent explorer, quietly working hard for the benefit of someone else. “No complaints, boss!” Like Johnny 5 meets Wall-E. And so we get images like this, reminding us that every day we can look beyond our personal universe. What a thought! Look at how much is out there. Think of what else we could see! Let’s go.

jtotheizzoe:

A Self-Portrait of Opportunity

I want you to stop and think about something. This is a picture of another planet. Where this robot is. Right now.

As we sit here on Earth in this or any moment, we each have in our heads a flurry of worries and questions and ideas. And most of them pertain to our own lives. That’s okay, it’s human nature. We are each the center of our own universe.

I often think about this in crowded places, like while in traffic, as the place I’m going is far more important than the place all of these other people are going. I’m convinced that they feel the same way. And so we sit.

But that means that there are seven billion mental universes walking around on this planet. We are staring into them through little digital windows that we carry in our hands, and certain that this decision is the most important decision. Everything that is happening is happening to us.

Yet for the past eight years, there has been a dusty, six-wheeled rover crawling around the surface of Mars, completely alone. Incidentally, that rover has exceeded its expected mission of 90 days by thirty-two times over. That’s admirable, and I can’t help but personify the little guy. Like a sort of scrappy, diligent explorer, quietly working hard for the benefit of someone else. “No complaints, boss!” Like Johnny 5 meets Wall-E.

And so we get images like this, reminding us that every day we can look beyond our personal universe. What a thought! Look at how much is out there. Think of what else we could see! Let’s go.

(via crookedindifference)

fortressnerd: patloika: Amazing AVX variant cover by Jerome Opena. I can’t seem to get excited about AVX, but I have no choice but to admit that this is completely badass.

fortressnerd:

patloika:

Amazing AVX variant cover by Jerome Opena.

I can’t seem to get excited about AVX, but I have no choice but to admit that this is completely badass.

(via comicbookcovers)