When I started this website a gazillion years ago, it was basically to vent steam and be able to rant. It caught on, and now there are legions of slavishly devoted fans who do my every bidding.
OK, maybe not so much, but there are lots of folks who go above and beyond, and I appreciate them all.
Like TheBlackCat, who is a regular poster on the Bad Astronomy & Universe Today bulletin board. He created some fun Bad Astronomy Wallpapers for downloading. All three are really good, but I like the one making fun of Hoagland the best:
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Actually, what makes it more of a slam on Hoagland is that the artist blotted out all of the high tech machinery debris that LITERALLY litters the ENTIRE Martian landscape.
(I’m not using NEARLY enough ALL CAPS
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Actually, what makes it more of a slam on Hoagland is that the artist blotted out all of the high tech debris that LITERALLY litters the ENTIRE Martian landscape.
(I’m not using NEARLY enough ALL CAPS emphasis, but hey, I have standards. Also, I think Hoagland knows to lay off the Caps Lock key, as opposed to DAVD ICKE.)
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 pm
(Crud, I thought I stopped the first comment from going through in time. Sorry!)
December 24th, 2006 at 9:05 am
Gosh, it’s easy to tell that the wallpaper of Aldrin at the crater is a hoax because the ID board isn’t reflected in his faceplate! The hoax is a hoax! ~8-)>
December 24th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
I read the Bad Astronomy blog when I have spare time to enjoy it — and I never fail to learn something new from what I read on it. In terms of wallpaper, tho, thanks for the Cassini image of Saturn earlier this year, that has been the wallpaper on my computer and on my cellular phone. On my computer, it has been recently replaced by an image from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which I also discovered indirectly by reading this blog. So much beauty, fun and education — not to mention wallpaper — pretty groovy!
December 24th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
Steve Cooperman Says: “Gosh, it’s easy to tell that the wallpaper of Aldrin at the crater is a hoax because the ID board isn’t reflected in his faceplate! The hoax is a hoax!”
Minor nit, that’s not Aldrin. They didn’t have a rover on Apollo 11 (only 15 thru 17). I believe that’s Jack Schmitt during Apollo 17.
It’s interesting that on his official NASA bio page (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schmitt-hh.html) it says: “On his first journey into space, Dr. Schmitt occupied the lunar module pilot seat for Apollo 17 — the last scheduled manned Apollo mission to the United States…”
I believe they meant “to the moon” there.
A festive Chrismawanzahaunikaus to all!
- Jack
December 24th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I guess that link only works when it’s on its own line:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/schmitt-hh.html
December 25th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
I love the wallpapers, particularly the moonlanding. Did anybody notice the date on the clipboard other than it was April 1st? Phil, you were only 4 1/2 years old. I always knew you were precocious.
BA Mom
December 30th, 2006 at 12:27 am
We were discussing the ICON, “Kilroy” and wondered where he came from???
I am 58yrs and I can recall him since my childhood.
My dad said it came from te 2nd WW in Europe, as the English advanced.
Has anyone got other ideas.???