Hurricane Isaac and the hurricane of satellite photos in Facebook, Twitter

I’m noticing a boom in crazy-good satellite photos of Hurricane Isaac. They are full color, super-detailed, route and rain predictions, and (my favorite) cloud formations. I’m not sure why this is happening. Perhaps, it is the upgrade to our GOES weather satellites, or that the government has taken to social media like kids to water. …

#ShareYourPassion – what do you love doing everyday?

What do you love doing everyday? #ShareYourPassion *** For me, it’s longboard surfing.   **Photos from the talented, Elmo Hernández, follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Find more photos on Liquid Salt.     

Kara Swisher turns the Yahoo! drama into a soap opera – and it’s too much fun!

Boy, have I got a soap opera for you. It’s a saga of tech nerdery and an old-school company trying to reinvent itself. The story starts with Kara Swisher, of All Things D, who has gone gaga over the hiring of Marissa Mayer as Yahoo’s CEO. In the 37 days since the announcement (July 16, 2012) …

Exploring the mountains under the ocean, in photos.

A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water’s surface (sea level), and thus is not an island. – Wikipedia   They are also centers of marine life, as you can see in the photos below. From the article, Mountains in the Sea, by National Geographic. Hundreds …

Photos – parachutist breaks speed of sound in free-fall, planets in the sky, glaciers

 

An airplane is retired every 17 hours – one man decides to recycle one, turns it into a home

“Humanity is not yet discovering how to use these glorious birds,” Bill Campbell.