.: Above The Aether :.

Google has maps of Mars.
Pretty nifty.
As seen on Google’s Blog.
- Dave

I’ve been watching the mighty Channel Frederator on my iPod for a couple weeks now and have seen many very funny cartoons.
This is one of the funniest.
- Dave

From Wikipedia: Pi Day (3/14, naturally)

Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two unofficial holidays held in honor of the mathematical constant π (Pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14; Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates. Pi day was invented by the University of Waterloo, which celebrates it annually [...]

Scott, this one’s for you. From Grasshopper Enterprises…learn how to stop time.
Enjoy.
-Dave

Galleria Carnivora is a museum dedicated to the fine art of carnivorous plant photography. Since being established in 1923, it has redefined our concepts of imagery as they relate to carnivores, emulsions, and botany. Normally closed to the public, Galleria Carnivora presents this web site so lay-people may press faces against our windows [...]

An article concerning the opening weekend of Johnny Depp’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” should probably have been caught by the editor.
You can find the story (and hilarious headline) here.
(update – article removed…I wish I would have saved the headline, but I can’t remember it now.)
I wonder if the editor was fired after writing this?
-Dave

Justine and I are hopelessly addicted to ABC’s “Lost”. It’s the most fascinating, puzzling, head-scratching, plot-twisting show on television since Twin Peaks.
Everytime a new episode airs there is a buzz around the water cooler for days afterwards. It’s like a rubik’s cube slowly being turned each week…coming closer and closer to being solved, but [...]

According to recent disclosure from Google, the big G has purchased Writely, a web-based word processor.
So now we already have web-based calendars, word processing and email. All we need is a spreadsheet application (like Microsoft Excel) and a presentation application (like Microsoft Powerpoint) and we officially have no reason to purchase Microsoft Office. [...]

According to the American Book Review…here are the top 10. The other 90 can be found here.
1. Call me Ishmael. —Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851)
2. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)
3. [...]

Google will be adding some calendar functions to its nifty gmail accounts in the future. Some screenshots of the unreleased product can be found here. They’re still working on it, but it looks pretty cool.
Web-based calendars are a great idea. I think many applications that we use on our computers each day [...]