In a cameo in the 1965 film “Pierrot le fou” directed by Jean-Luc Godard, American filmmaker and writer Samuel Fuller, acting as himself, gives a candid appraisal of what makes a movie, a movie:
Samuel Fuller on Film
Cicada Molting
April 6th, 2008 — Nature, Science
Howlin’ Wolf plays Smokestack Lightning
April 4th, 2008 — Music, Video
Howlin’ Wolf is a great way to start any Friday.
My favorite version of this song is off Wolf’s 1962 album “Moanin’ in the Moonlight”:
Ah, oh, smokestack lightning
Shinin’, just like gold
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh…
Whoo…Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What’s the, matter with you?
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don’t ya hear me cryin’?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo…Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Space Shuttle vs Birds
March 28th, 2008 — Nature, Science, Video
I think the title says it all.
First Recording of Black Hole Forming
March 27th, 2008 — Physics, Science
Last week, the “Pi of the Sky” (righteous name) telescope in Poland spotted and recorded the very first images of a black hole forming.
From their site:
2008.03.19 “Pi of the Sky” telescope detected the brightest ever optical outburst from a distant universe. The explosion happened 7.5 billion light years from the Earth, halfway across the visible Universe. The telescope is only 71 mm in diameter.
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The outburst was also detected in gamma rays by “Swift” satellite proving that it was so called Gamma Ray Burst denoted as GRB 080319B (2nd one on 2008.03.19). Probably, it was the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole. Optical observations during the first minute of the burst are crucial to understand the fenomenon(sic). The “Pi of the Sky” observation combined with the Swift gamma-ray data for the first time confirmed with 10s precision that optical and gamma-ray emission start simultaneously.