NASA announced today that it has found water ice on Mars! The Phoenix Lander scooped up some martian dirt and took some photos of the hole. In one shot you can see some chunks in the lower left corner of the hole. In the next shot they are gone. That means that the clumps melted and evaporated. Because of the temperature at that location scientists know that it can only be frozen water.
This is a great discovery and takes us a long way in our search for the building blocks of life on other planets.
Today, June 3, 2008 is one of the great days in United States history. Barack Obama has clinched the democratic party nomination by winning more than 2,118 delegates to the Democratic Convention. This day must rank with the ending of the Civil War, the end of World War II and landing on the moon for importance in our national history. An African American has just become a candidate for President. This has been long overdue and it is a very welcome development. I hope all parents are allowing their children, no matter how young, to watch these events unfold. I can think of few things that would be so inspiring to children. It is incredible to watch Barack Obama achieve something so important to the entire nation. Congratulations to him and to our country.
Sources are reporting that the terrible cyclone in Myanmar may have killed 200,000 people and that up to 500,000 may die due to sickness and starvation. There is very little that can be done since the country is ruled by one of those horrendous military dictatorships that don't care who lives or dies. You can donate to major aid organizations that will try to deliver essential supplies and medicine to the survivors of the storm.
The All Girl Star Squad is a group of superhero girls who battle an alien queen in webisodes on the new gaming site, allgirlarcade.com. The site offers colorful games, videos, and a shopping area. The animation is good and the limited selection of games turns out to be a lot of fun.
This is part of a series of cartoons about a body trying to re-attach its severed head. They are very funny and somehow manage to make a headless body cute and lovable.
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It's not done yet, but Carlos Lascano's new animation looks really good. It seems to be about a girl who daydreams about falling in love with a boy in her classroom. It uses a lovely mix of techniques.
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The titles of the six worst movies in film history all have 'Star Wars' in them. They are just fantastically bad movies with the worst acting I have ever seen in my entire life (and, yes, that includes Sir Alec Guinness). But now I see that they should have been animations all along! This trailer looks amazing and probably contains more convincing characters than all of the films combined. I can't wait to see this movie.
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Andrew Ferguson, a student at Sheridan College made this beautiful, funny cartoon. It has an old-fashioned style that really works, excellent background drawings, and its movement is fun to watch.
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NASA announced today that it has found water ice on Mars! The Phoenix Lander scooped up some martian dirt and took some photos of the hole. In one shot you can see some chunks in the lower left corner of the hole. In the next shot they are gone. That means that the clumps melted and evaporated. Because of the temperature at that location scientists know that it can only be frozen water.
