Here is a mod for a 120 Holga to turn it into a half frame camera. The trick here is to remember what half of the picture has been masked off when you press the shutter!
Category: Cool
Hayabusa Nearing Itokawa
The Japanese mission to land a 10cm high robot names ‘Minerva’ on an asteroid is still on track even if the spacecraft is not in the best of health. Three of its four reaction wheels (devices used to maintain correct orientation) have failed and is now using precious propellant to stay on target.
The images that are being sent back are stunning. The survey of asteroid Itokawa is sure to produce a wealth of data on solar objects.
I’m looking forward to seeing if the tiny rover will be able to stay on the surface for any length of time or if it will bounce off and float away. If everything works as planned this will be the fist controlled landing and exploration of an asteroid in the history of mankind.
[ via BBC News ]
The Postcard Crossing Project
Ah, the world of snail mail is still alive and well. Now you can use it to receive random postcards from all over the world. Looks like it might be a lot of fun to get random postcards once in a while.
WYSIWYG Plugin For WordPress
If your using WordPress for your blogging you should check this out. It replaces the post editor with a slick little WYSIWYG editor. Post images, break links, text formatting, its all there!
Gundam Razor
Pretty sweet and no, you can’t have one you have to win it. There are 1000 of them so there is a slim chance that you might get lucky. For the rest of us, we will just have to settle with the triple bladed razors that have all sorts of cool suspension and nifty Gundam markings on it.
[via Akihabara News]
The International Space Station – Manned for 5 years
Woohoo! It’s been close a few times but the ISS has managed to stay occupied with no vacancies for the last five years running. Lets hope for five years more and that NASA gets those heavy lifters off the ground so we can start doing more in space.
The International Space Station So Far: Five Years of Service, But Incomplete