Presented without further comment.
Glass Bow
The other day I was walking past a construction site in the Irvine Spectrum area, and noticed a rainbow-like ring appearing in the road. I immediately thought of this mystery photo on APOD and its (rather technical) explanation. Naturally, I had to take a picture myself.
It basically is a rainbow, except formed by reflections in tiny glass beads (used for sandblasting) instead of raindrops. The physicist who posted his (much better) photo to APOD had a better camera handy. And a linear polarizer. (Don’t you always carry one of those?)
Sadly, I only had my phone.
DMOZ Contact Unknown
So is dmoz.org dead or what? Applied to edit a category, got the “reply to this to confirm” message, replied…and got user unknown.
Update: I re-sent my confirmation from another address and it went through. Apparently their server doesn’t like mail from pobox.com. But instead of saying so, it gives a bogus “user unknown” error.
Enviro Oddities
Top 10 Odd Environmental Ideas (Time via @ThisIsTrue). Some are disturbing, but I like the staple-free stapler.
Reach for the Sky
Spotted in Old Town San Diego.
Coffee Cliché
Realized I’m doing the cliche coffee+laptop+wifi thing…except I’m at home with coffee I brewed myself and using my own network.
Pushing Daisies Finale Mini-Review
Pushing Daisies had a satisfying don’t-call-it-an-ending. Looking forward to the comics.