Too too cool.
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November 5th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Way cool! It would perfectly fit the decor of my workroom.
The designer’s site has a link to a youtube vido on attention blindness that is pretty funky too.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Y’know, I’ll agree with you on this one (I’m not much of a Doctor Who fan, so the previous “Want” post elicited a shrug and a ‘to each their own.’). This is indeed pretty cool… so long as you aren’t showing us your hidden alien conspiracist side.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
What about this model of the Sun’s corona in 3D? http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/sunsculpture.html
November 5th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Oooo. That’s pretty cool too.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
How many dollars is 39.95 pounds?
It is a very stunning piece of glass, buy a bit
above my budget.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
$83.17 for those wondering, at least according to Google.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Have a look at some of these very cool classic ships by scrolling down the list at the Builder Science store via this EBay link:
http://stores.ebay.com/BUILDERSCIENCE
November 5th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Those crystal sculptures of the Sun and MW are so so so cool! My birthday’s this month…
November 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I saw the attention blindness video too. Disturbing …
November 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
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November 5th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
“What about this model of the Sun’s corona in 3D? http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/sunsculpture.html”
Oh…my…Bog…
November 5th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Doc, Sili, I guess you missed this:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/05/04/a-card-of-a-different-color/
There was also this:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2006/02/02/tam-4-report-4/
November 5th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
That’s totally awesome!
Must… resist… need… to… REPLICATE!
November 5th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/mwsculpture.html
“My God, it’s full of stars!”
November 5th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
My desires are a bit larger, I guess.
http://www.tp178.com/mh/besancon/prague.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Orloj
WANT!!!!!!
I have as yet been unable to convince the city of Prague to sell.
I’m a bit of a clock fancier. The *only* thing I coveted in the Newport Mansions tour was some of the totally wicked clocks they had. The movements themselves were works of art.
One of my big plans for retirement is to build big, elaborate astronomical clocks, but with more of a modern style.
November 5th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
It would be $77.85 Canadian but GST would be added.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:30 am
OK, Dr. P., if you “want” that, then there’s a book coming out next summer (other than yours, of course) that you’ll really get weak-kneed over.
- Jack
November 6th, 2007 at 5:59 am
As a former fine-scale modeler, I am disappointed at the lack of detail. The whole cow? Everyone, and I mean everyone, knows aliens only take the tongues and anuses…ani…whatever.
Plus, I don’t see any crop circle.
And finally, the real failure: This doesn’t look like any hubcap I’ve ever seen.
[Sigh] Let’s hope they get one thing right, at least, in that it leaves a “depression” wherever you put it.
Hmmmm, now that I’m thinking about it, I’d probably pay for a decent animated model of Wowbagger’s ship.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Beef, it’s what’s for dinner.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I’ll take one crystal UFO thingee and one bovine abduction to go.
Does ordering take out burger count as a bovine abduction?