Comments on: Want: Part II

By: Darth Robo

Darth Robo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:21:56 +0000

I’ll take one crystal UFO thingee and one bovine abduction to go.

Does ordering take out burger count as a bovine abduction?

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:05:12 +0000

Beef, it’s what’s for dinner.

By: Just Al

Just Al — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:59:23 +0000

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.

By: Jack Hagerty

Jack Hagerty — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:30:46 +0000

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

By: Mena

Mena — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:57:29 +0000

It would be $77.85 Canadian but GST would be added.

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:30:51 +0000

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.

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:19:32 +0000

http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/mwsculpture.html
“My God, it’s full of stars!”

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:04:08 +0000

That’s totally awesome!

Must… resist… need… to… REPLICATE!

By: Irishman

Irishman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:56:05 +0000

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/

By: blizno

blizno — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:27:34 +0000

“What about this model of the Sunâ€™s corona in 3D? http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/sunsculpture.html”

Oh…my…Bog…

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The Alien Abduction Lamp at Daniels webblogg — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:09:55 +0000

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By: Sili

Sili — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:37:53 +0000

I saw the attention blindness video too. Disturbing …

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:29:05 +0000

Those crystal sculptures of the Sun and MW are so so so cool! My birthday’s this month…

By: Chip

Chip — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:19:25 +0000

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

By: The Centipede

The Centipede — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:10:41 +0000

$83.17 for those wondering, at least according to Google.

By: Edward C

Edward C — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:05:49 +0000

How many dollars is 39.95 pounds?
It is a very stunning piece of glass, buy a bit
above my budget.

By: The Centipede

The Centipede — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:21 +0000

Oooo. That’s pretty cool too.

By: John A

John A — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:29:22 +0000

What about this model of the Sun’s corona in 3D? http://www.crystalnebulae.co.uk/sunsculpture.html

By: The Centipede

The Centipede — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:22:28 +0000

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.

By: Doc

Doc — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:20:26 +0000

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.