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Identified Flying Object

Friday, September 23rd, 2005

Ah. So that’s what it was.

We were sitting on the patio at the bar last night when I looked up and saw this:

Cool. A rocket! Though it looked too close to be a launch from Vandenberg, it was:

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE – A rocket carrying a military research satellite blasted off Thursday, dazzling spectators from California to Arizona with a rainbow of colors as it streaked across the sky at dusk.
The Minotaur rocket carrying a DARPA payload launched into orbit at 7:24 p.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base, said Maj. Todd Fleming.

DARPA is the research and development arm of the Pentagon. The 920-pound “Streak” payload will stay in orbit for a year, gathering information about the Earth’s environment in low orbit. The mission’s cost is classified.

Those of you inclined to conspiracy theories may now don your tinfoil helmets and hide from the black helicopters. Everybody else just enjoy the pretty pictures

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Comic-Con Pictures

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

I didn’t take that many this year, but the better one’s are up on flickr.

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C0mic-Con Day 2 and Reagan Photos

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

Picures of Reagan, Midway and Nimitz as well as day 2 of Comic-Con are up at my Yahoo gallery. Unfortunately I got downtown too late to get pictures of Reagan coming in to port, so all these pictures are shot from the Embarcadero. Here’s the UT’s story about the arrival and the ceremony.

Some quick Con notes before I head down there again: Friday’s attendance was way above Thursdays. By 11:00 the show floor was far more crowded than the day before. Lot’s more people dressed up. Stan Lee was signing autographs. Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Mirrormask looks stunning. The film’s not done yet, since Dave’s still compositing scenes. All the sets and effects are CG, and they’re simply gorgeous. They’re looking at a limited theatrical release in early 2005.

Later in the afternoon, while I was outside smoking a cigarette, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)came into port, so there’s a couple pictures of her in there too.

Anyway, off on the Pop-Culture Death March again. Later.

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Comic-Con – Day 1

Friday, July 23rd, 2004

Yes, folks it’s that time of year again, when thousands of Freaks, Geeks and people who think they’re Klingons descend on San Diego for Comic Con. Thursday seemed like somewhat lighter attendance than last years, and there are fewer huge booths so there seems to be a little more space on the floor. There also seemed to be fewer Stormtroopers and people dressed up like Harry Potter than last year, but I’m sure that’ll change as the weekend goes on.

There’s a few photos in my Yahoo photo gallery, so enjoy. I only had a couple of hours there yesterday, so there’s not much, but I’ll have more tonight including info on the upcoming Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean flick MirrorMask and pictures from the ceremony for the USS Ronald Reagan, which comes to it’s new home in San Diego today.

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