documenting the Known Universe – scientifically rendered for you to see.

This film was produced by Michael Hoffman, and directed by Carter Emmart. Brian Abbot manages and Ben R. Oppenheimer curates the Digital Universe Atlas. The exhibition at the Rubin, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, opened on December 11 and continues through May 10.

Thanks, Mongoola, for sharing this with me!

Apparently, according to this article on CNN.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/08/08/space.kepler.discovery/index.html

The new Kepler Telescope has spotted a planet out there that’s pointed at a star (sun) and the planet’s hot side is 4000 degrees (and it glows!)   That’s a pretty amazing find since the new telescope hasn’t even started its official operation yet!

Can’t wait to see what’s discovered!

This is great if you need to do some Photoshop type work, but:

• are working on computer that doesn’t have it installed, and
• don’t have the money for Photoshop.

Although there are other free tools like this, such as SnipShot, Picnik, and FotoFlexer – SumoPaint seems to be much more in-depth, and powerful.

The new version of SumoPaint released in February features:

• local open & save feature,
• new brushes and antialiasing methods,
• new filters & colorpicker,
• improved selection tools,
• faster drawing, and
• support for up to 16 megapixel images!

SumoPaint uses Adobe Flash Player 10, if you don’t have it, you can download it.

Enjoy!

There are unbelievable deals waiting to be had!

Here’s Melanie & I on our Honeymoon last year in Santorini (Greece)!

If you’re looking for the absolute best deal AND want to be notified if a better deal comes along, check these sites out:

1. www.Farecast.com
   Let’s you choose destinations and dates, then sends an alert if the price drops!
2. www.AirfareWatchdog.comSends alerts when prices fall for domestic and international flights, checks seat availability, and lists Web-only fares.  It also shows unadvertised and short-lived fares, as well as “error” fares (usually incorrectly entered fares by humans) which airlines frequently honor.
3. www.Yapta.com
   Goes a step further: it’ll help your get a refund if you buy a ticket and the price later drops.
4. www.FareCompare.com
   This compares more airlines than most & provides cheap getaway deals.
5. www.FirstClassFlyer.com
   Unpublished airfares, upgrade strategies, loyalty program loopholes – First Class Flyer masters the art of business & first class air travel!
6. www.Kayak.com
   Search 140+ sites at once!  Sort & filter instantly, and buy direct from travel sites!
7. www.Hotwire.com
   Allows you build a package with flight, hotel and car, gives consider savings across the board!

And here’s some bonus sites for you as well!

• www.HomeAway.com
• www.VRBO.com
• www.Roomorama.com

• www.HomeExchange.com
• www.InterVac.com
• www.ihen.com

• www.CouchSurfing.com

If you ever feel down and out – listen to Nick:

Pretty darn cool…   Special Thanks to Tim Ferriss (and his mom) for the link!

Special thanks to Dan for sharing this in our last Team Meeting.

I find it interesting how they…

…seem to have a fairly objective view of the promises, with:

• Promise Kept
• Compromise
• Promise Broken
• Stalled
• In the Works
• No Action

It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out..

Enjoy!

Reading through the latest issue of ShopSmart Magazine, I found this gem, FreeShipping.org!

It gives you a couple list of free shipping coupons & also lists companies offering free shipping as well.

Enjoy!

It’s been serving as great momentum for me in the last few days, toward pushing myself farther than I normally would to reach my short term goals.

What do you think about it?

WindowShop Web Site (available at www.WindowShop.com)!

I was amazed at:

• how fast each market segment loaded (songs, videos, audiobooks),
• was blown away at how effective the interface is (simple arrow movement for navigation and space bar to zoom in and out), and
• how compatible it was with each browser (Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer) I tried it with!

It’s interesting how similar it is the AppleTV’s browsing interface too.

Could this possibly be the beginning of what we’re going to see regarding online shopping experience?  What do you think?

Visit my first Squidoo Lens

Specifically about creating a “lens”, as they call it, on a few things I’m really passionate about.

In my first lens…

I review how much I really enjoy my compact point-and-shoot Canon digital camera — the Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS.   Although I believe the 850 IS is discontinued, I’ve used the newer SD 1100 IS, and it’s even better!

Anyhow, when you really get into Squidoo, and see some of the pages people have created, it’s quite exciting.

I have many more ideas for things to post on Squidoo as well.  Stay tuned.

Take a look, if you have a second, let me know what you think about Squidoo!  I’m very curious!