Behold: Wonder Woman With a Lightsaber on a Two-Headed Unicorn
That's a lot of awesome packed into one image. See the full thing below.
This picture has everything you could ever want, including dolphins
I think artist Steve Crisp tore this picture right out of my 11-year-old heart. It has literally everything a fantasy geek could want: shiny dolphins, a castle hewn from magical rock, and a bikini-clad, sword-wielding lady on top of a pegasus. I challenge you to find anything more awesome.
Mythological beasts, drawn in the style of old biology textbooks
Biology textbooks from the 1800s could be rather outlandish and gruesome, even when describing harmless animals. But artist/biology PhD student Simone Des Roches has taken things one step further and created a naturalist's profile for mythological critters like dragons and unicorns, complete with requisite zoological…
Promise Pegasus Is the First RAID Storage With Thunderbolt
That didn't take long! Promise's new Pegasus R4 and R6 RAIDs support Thunderbolt, Intel's new 10 Gb/s I/O tech, making for lightning fast transfer with a capacity of up to 12TB. Perfect for anyone who's currently making their own feature length film and is going through the headache of dealing with all the files! […
What Caused This Galaxy's Power Surge?
The galaxy 3C 454.3 is located 7.2 billion light years away, but it's suddenly become the brightest source of gamma rays in the sky. Its particle jet has increased 10 times since the summer — and it's aimed at us.
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: The Finish and a New Record
The Finish: The Pegasus Open 50 sailboat just set the Transpac record of 7 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 35 seconds for a double handed monohull ship. Previous Record: 10 days, 4 hours and 4 minutes.
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day 6, Power is Back
July 12, 5:15 AM PST Sailing along fast. Found faulty regulator and alternator. Good start.
Pegasus Open 50 Log: Rainbows...and We've Lost Power
July 11, 11:10 PM PST
MotionX-GPS Waypoint: Night falling, batteries not charging
Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 6/7, The Wind is Picking Up
Philippe Kahn founded Borland, invented the Camphone, and decodes human motion. He's also a fellow outdoorsman, splitting time skiing Tahoe and sailing in Santa Cruz. He'll share his Transpac 2009 sailing race with us live from the Pegasus Open 50. He and Richard Clarke set the race record for a double handed team in…
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day 5/6 and the Moon
July 9, 5:30 PM PST Today we are living within the realm of Squalls. Squalls in the the Northeast sub-tropical Pacific are different. They are small, concentrated and powerful. The rain lasts ~20 minutes under them if you're stationary.
Pegasus Open 50 Log: Finally, Through the Fog, a Sunset
July 8, 9:00 PM PST This is what a sunset looks like in the middle of the ocean, from a sailboat racing from California to Hawaii.
Pegasus Open 50 Tour, Part 6: The Kitchen Sink
Philippe Kahn founded Borland, invented the Camphone, and decodes human motion. He's also a fellow outdoorsman, splitting time skiing Tahoe and sailing in Santa Cruz. He'll share his Transpac 2009 sailing race with us live from the Pegasus Open 50. He and Richard Clarke set the race record for a double handed team in…
Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 4, Following the Low Pressure
We like our heading with a lot of West and a bit of South in it, averaging about 255 true. Tactically and strategically we're able to achieve our goals.
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Night 3, This is What Sailing in the Pitch Black Ocean is Like
The ancient Hawaians were voyaging and navigating thousand of nautical miles in the Pacific ocean while the West was lost in endless gyrations. We are clearly entering the realm of the tradewinds. The natural path to Hawaii and it's rich seafarer's culture. The ancient Hawaians were voyaging and navigating thousand of…
Pegasus Open 50 Tour, Part 5: Internet, Sat Phones, Kevlar, Heaters
Philippe Kahn founded Borland, invented the Camphone, and decodes human motion. He's also a fellow outdoorsman, splitting time skiing Tahoe and sailing in Santa Cruz. He'll share his Transpac 2009 sailing race with us live from the Pegasus Open 50. He and Richard Clarke set the race record for a double handed team in…
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: IPhone Video, Endless Fog
Here's a clip, uploaded moments ago from the Pegasus Open 50 sailboat underway in the Transpac race, using an iPhone 3G S, Wi-Fi and Satellite uplink.
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day 3
July 7, 4:50 AM PST A quiet and relatively slow night. Around 10 PM it became clear that the wind was backing off and that we were entering the "Pacific High doldrums ridging zone".
The Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Tour, Part 4: Barometer, Autopilot, Wind Meter and Keel Control
Philippe Kahn founded Borland, invented the Camphone, and decodes human motion. He's also a fellow outdoorsman, splitting time skiing Tahoe and sailing in Santa Cruz. He'll share his Transpac 2009 sailing race with us live from the Pegasus Open 50. He and Richard Clarke set the race record for a double handed team in…
Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: Day Two, Heading South and Kulani the Barometer
July 6, 6:00 PM PST After we licked our wounds, we made sail changes all day. With just the two of us and a lot of sail area, each change is a major project.
Pegasus Open 50 Sailboat Log: A Brief History of the Transpac Race
What's this sailing race about? The Transpac isn't the biggest sailboat race, but it's the longest of the two oldest. The first Transpac happened in 1906, less than a month after the great SF earthquake, forcing it to start from LA.
