There are already tons of useful things in orbit that one can see from down here. https://www.heavens-above.com/ is a good place to learn what’s up there and how to see it. Things like Iridium satellite flares (top) and the ISS (bottom) are worth the effort to see. Go do it!

Regarding Florida Man... Florida has nice weather most of the year and the cost of living is low. People come here to get away, to start over, to hide. Weird shit happens here because weird people end up here. Couple that with ample booze, drugs, some wildlife that can kill you, and heavy tourist traffic and even…

Range. One charge has to get you at least 450 miles, preferably more. If one is road-tripping, that’s a decent day’s drive for the average person. 450 miles is about 6 to 7 hours of driving, depending on a few variables. Any longer than that and you are probably stopping for a meal, so might as well charge while…

“After the patient’s back pain improved, he discharged himself.”

Fun fact: ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ was, in part, written as a snarky response to the saccharine sweetness of ‘Love Will Keep Us Together.’

Thanks! It almost didn’t happen. There was a two hour lightning storm that came through and we were pretty much stuck out in the intercoastal swamp waiting it out. It was a rough ride but the storm passed, we didn’t get killed, and the rocket went up a few hours late. There were a few close calls that made us start to…

I got a few from St. Petersburg, FL. Even with the light pollution and the moon, I was still able to get some decent shots.

This is 200 30-second exposures, giving it a total time of 100 minutes. 

Many thank yous for your kind words! 

Thanks. I’m going on a Geminid shooting trip tomorrow night. We’ll be clouded over for the peak nights of Thursday and Friday, but I’m confident I’ll still get plenty. I’m shooting in a spot with virtually no light pollution and shooting towards absolutely zero light pollution. This is my shot from last year’s peak at…

Not at all. I shoot with a Nikon D5200. It’s 24.1 MP sensor is fantastic, totally punches above it’s weight. For these, I used my Nikon 18-300mm at 18mm.

This is some Venus and Moon action from early Wednesday morning. In the star trails shot, there is a tiny trail emerging from the haze below the Moon. That’s Mercury. There are some Geminid meteors in there, too. 

Based on the video and my experience going to Sebring, Mr. Lanky was not inside the track property, but on Hayward Blvd on the northeast side of the track. They could have used a different track layout if they wanted to keep prying eyes off the car as much as possible, but they didn’t.

As it was told to me by Watt... he knows Spize Jonez, one of the creators of Jackass. Watt was asked to let them use the song in the show and he gave all the money to D. Boon’s dad, who had been sick with emphysema.

Jackass. 

I enjoy that Deadspin Up All Night is slowly become all Minutemen, all the time. Keep up the good work. 

Last year, someone brought one to this fancy car show we have down here in St. Pete. It was one of the best cars there. All the kids were drooling over the La Ferrari, a P1, and a Veyron. But they didn’t know what they were missing over to the side, away from the fancy stuff. It was gorgeous. We sat and talked with…

I have a question for Fancy Kristen,

I can’t even explain without pulling a Watt (and writing a novel about it) how much Watt means to me. He is a national treasure. Rather than write the longest comment known to man, I’ll just leave this here, Watt (with Pete and Raul) at my house with my son back in 2004.

So Florida... yeah... we have this jackass (I think he’s in New York, too) advertising that he’s “giving away” vacations, laptops, kayaks, cruises, and FREE CARS in his horrible tv ads.