Erik Persson

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Jun 26, 2007 ∞

Lookup Sunrise & Sunset Time For Anywhere In The World

The U.S. Naval Observatory provides a simple and easy to use website to lookup the sunrise & sunset time for anywhere in the world. You just need city and state, or latitude and longitude for the rest of world, and you’re golden.

Here’s whats happening astronomically tonight.

The following information is provided for Bellevue, King County, Washington (longitude W122.2, latitude N47.6):

        Tuesday
        26 June 2007          Pacific Daylight Time
                     <strong>SUN</strong>
    Begin civil twilight       4:32 a.m.
    Sunrise                    5:12 a.m.
    Sun transit                1:11 p.m.
    Sunset                     9:11 p.m.
    End civil twilight         9:51 p.m.

                     <strong>MOON</strong>
    Moonrise                   4:57 p.m. on preceding day
    Moonset                    2:00 a.m.
    Moonrise                   6:07 p.m.
    Moon transit              10:20 p.m.
    Moonset                    2:27 a.m. on following day</pre>

Phase of the Moon on 26 June:          waxing gibbous   with  86% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated.
Full          Moon on 30 June      2007 at  6:49 a.m.  Pacific Daylight Time.

Pretty cool, no?

Link Via Strobist

Nov 14, 2006 ∞

Doggies!



Chasing That Feeling

We adopted two pooches over the weekend, they're originally from a shelter over in Montreal, Canada. The pups are a Shih Zu/Maltese mix, 9 months old, and weigh in at 7 & 9 lbs (3.14 & 4 kg). They're remarkably energetic and have succeeded in freaking out the cat. It's interesting to watch since they'll gang up on her, one going around the left side while the other circles around the right. Plus they're just as fast as the cat, so her only advantage is her ability to go vertical. So now my bedroom is the designated cat zone, with a baby gate to prevent raids, while the office is the DMZ.

Anywho you can find more doggy pictures here.

Luci has her own set as well.

Oct 4, 2006 ∞

The Solar Powered Day For Night Dress



It's the fashionable solar powered Day For Night dress! It's made out of interconnected white circuit boards and RGB LEDs, plus its powered by the sun! Here is a closeup view of each of the tiles...



It looks a bit... scratchy. Anywho, the cool thing is you can program it to display different colors and symbols and anything else you can think of.

Source Via We Make Money Not Art

Sep 28, 2006 ∞

Oh No No No I’m A Roller Man



Now this would be entertaining...

I wonder what the lights above his elbows are for though. Plus if you get bored rolling on your stomach you can roll over on your back!

Theoretically you can find out more on his site, Buggy Rollin, but the site design is an excellent example of why you don’t create your entire website in Flash.

Via Gizoo Via Gizmodo

Sep 27, 2006 ∞
The Greatest Line Ever...

I'm pretty sure this is the greatest line ever, it's just brilliant.
Sep 25, 2006 ∞

A Camera Made Of Wood



It's a camera with a crunchy wooden shell and a gooey digital filling! I like the unique look, though I wish the camera looked less like a planchette. Either way it'd be pretty cool to see a larger SLR camera with a wood shell. I wonder how much more this weighs with the wood.

Anywho, Olympus just announced the camera today and they’re tightlipped about a release date. Source Via Gizmodo

Sep 19, 2006 ∞

Talk Like A Pirate Day 2006



Ahoy me hearty! Today be Talk like a Pirate Day!

“What be this day?” you may be asking yeself. Why it only be the greatest day of the year. The day ye get to talk like a pirate! So shiver ye timbers and bury ye gold the pirates be rulin the day!

Aug 27, 2006 ∞

The Yahoo Search Engine Is Weird

I am now the top ranked search for Erik Persson on the Yahoo search directory. The only problem is that the top link goes to the Genealogy page family.erikpersson.com. For some reason, which is completely logical to the Yahoo bots, erikpersson.com is still ranked 15th. To add to the amusement, my Flickr account is ranked 13th.

All this data leads me to believe that Search Engine Optimization is just voodoo and random guessing.

Either way this means I’ve managed to place my name at the top of a popular search engine! This calls for revelry and non-alcoholic beverages!