This is a year-long time-lapse study of the sky. A camera installed on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco captured an image of the sky every 10 seconds. From these images, I created a mosaic of time-lapse movies, each showing a single day. The days are arranged in chronological order. My intent was to reveal the patterns of light and weather over the course of a year.
This video is designed to be viewed in a large format, so it’s best viewed in full-screen mode at 1080p.
This is the molded grip track that provides the extra traction needed to extricate a car mired in slippery conditions. Unlike common plastic models, this stainless steel-reinforced mat has meaty independent treads made of 100% all-butyl rubber for grabbing the most traction on tires spinning in snow, sand or mud. Simply slip the track under any powered tire, and the superior rubberized treads will provide enough bite to get a car rolling again. Afterward, the track rolls into into its storage bag and takes up less than half a cubic foot of trunk space.
This is the watch with 72 LEDs that display the time in a grid of arcane lights. Inspired by the puzzle-like, light-display clocks that debuted decades ago, this watch uses six columns of 12 bright blue LEDs arrayed on a 15/16″ x 1 1/2″ display to convey the time through a mesmerizing grid system. The left column is numbered from 1 to 12 for the hour, while the rows to the right fill up according to the number of minutes.
LOL. It’s handy shorthand for laughter, or the harbinger of an intellectual apocalypse, depending on who you ask. Its part of speech is also debated: spelled out, it’s an initialism, but if you pronounce it as a word, it’s an acronym.
“But I don’t use it at all!” you might say. “I am too smart to use an asinine word like LOL!” Maybe you are, but you might be surprised by how many acronyms and intialisms you do use on a daily basis—and by their origins.
Some are fairly straightforward. For example:
BRB: Be right back
FWIW: For what it’s worth
HTH: Hope that helps
IDK/IDEK: I don’t know/I don’t even know
IIRC: If I recall correctly
IMO/IMHO/JMHO: In my opinion/In my humble opinion/Just my humble opinion
KWYM/KWIM: Know what you mean/know what I mean
OTOH: On the other hand
TMI: Too much information
TIA: Thanks in advance
TTYL: Talk to you later
WTG: Way to go
A cloud of charged particles from the sun slammed into Earth Monday, setting off an intense geomagnetic storm that spawned northern lights across the U.S.—even in the Deep South. Sky shows were reported in more than half the 50 states, including Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas, according to Spaceweather.com.
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