TD 11 sprouted up today just off the Lesser Antilles and is headed this way. Ivan will probably be mostly a wind and rain event for us, but this one will probably need to be watched by next week. This one is forecast to become TS Jeanne in a couple of days.
Memories and music
Music can be a power trigger for memories, so when I stumbled on a copy of Moxy Fruvous’ Live Noise album at the local Cat’s Music, I just had to have it.
Had to have it because of 2 songs: The Drinking Song and King of Spain. Two undeniably classic Houseboating songs.
Ahh, fond memories.
No rest for the weary
Ivan has beat up Grenada, and now has its sights set on Jamaica and Cuba. Don’t take the boards off the windows yet. Florida may be next.
From today’s 11AM discussion:
A RIDGE OVER THE BAHAMAS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED…WILL BRING THE HURRICANE TOWARD THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS INDICATED BY THE UK…CANADIAN AND NOGAPS GLOBAL MODELS. A WEAKER RIDGE THAN ANTICIPATED COULD RESULT ON A MORE NORTHWARD TRACK OVER THE BAHAMAS AND NEARBY THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA AS INDICATED BY THE GFS. THE 4-5 DAY OFFICIAL FORECAST…WHICH IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN…CALLS FOR A SOLUTION IN BETWEEN…BRINGING THE HURRICANE OVER WEST/CENTRAL CUBA INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN FLORIDA.
Splat!
Oooo, sadly NASA‘s Genesis capsule went splat into the desert after the parachutes failed to deploy. There was video of the splattage at NASA TV (along with video coverage of other unrelated things). There is a press conference scheduled for 2:30 EDT (also on NASA TV) where presumably we’ll be told if there was anything salvagable from the sun-dust Genesis collected and what might have gone wrong with the parachutes.
Clunk…Oops
Ooo, now here’s a phone that you don’t want to drop.
I suppose it’s technologically cool to stuff a 1.5GB 1″ hard drive into a phone, but I would think that having a shock sensitive device in a drop-prone cell phone probably isn’t the smartest idea. Maybe people take care of their phones better, but my wife is always dropping her phone on something, and I can’t imagine something like this lasting very long around her. I’m sure plenty of people are dropping their cell phones all the time too. I would have thought some form of flash memory would be more suitable for a cell phone. And how long is the battery going to last on this thing?
It’s bound to grab a lot of attention, but I can’t imagine the idea lasting very long.
Found via Slashdot.