Archive for category Computer & Internet
To the Moon
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on July 7, 2010
To make up for last week’s potentially-Mac-only icon post, here is To the Moon by Iconfactory (makers of truly awesome things), and is definitely available in both Mac and PC flavors. This set has excellent detail, and no matter what re-theming I may do to my desktop, there’s always a To the Moon icon that remains. I can’t help it. (Right now it’s the re-entry icon. Such lovely transparency….)
Astral Bodies
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on June 30, 2010
I haven’t posted any computer-y delights in a while, so feast your eyes on these up-to-128px desktop icons! The set is called “Astral Bodies” and I can’t find a link for it (the creator, Sean Liew, doesn’t seem to do this sort of thing anymore), so here, have yourself a ZIP file (1.17 Mb.) They are for Mac (I’m using 10.4); no idea if they will work for Windows. Edit: Here is a Windows .ICO version, courtesy of John @ Terrazoom. Thanks!
Age of Discovery
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Computer & Internet on May 21, 2010
Age of Discovery, by Josef Barton
Had to post more space art, because this one is a wallpaper, and aren’t you just falling over yourself, running to download it? Because I know I was! Beautiful, Hubble-like softness — I love it.
Technicolor Astronaut
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on January 5, 2010
Abduzeedo Wallpaper of the Week #80 - James White
A really awesome wallpaper/desktop pic, full of color and light, courtesy of Abduzeedo. Also comes in an iPhone version.
Moon Survives
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on October 17, 2009
If I post on a Saturday, it’s because I have something fun to share. Today, it’s my winning entry for Veer’s Contest #24: Newsworthy, which started last Friday (LCROSS Impact Day, or perhaps we should call it No Visible Plume Day?) Annoyed by the “NASA is wasting our tax dollars to blow up the Moon!” comments online, as soon as Veer announced this contest, I already had the headline in mind (it was just a matter of finding as cratery a font as possible. If anyone ever comes across a genuinely cratered font, please let me know! This was as close as I could get on short notice.)
Silver Rockets
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet, Site on September 25, 2009
This awesome image is from deviantART — it encapsulates what I’m hoping to do with my new (ma)gnolia group, Silver Rockets:
Celebrating the awe and inspiration surrounding space exploration, human spaceflight and the great beyond. Science and art, fiction and non-fiction, poetry and latest news — welcoming both the dreams and realities of space. Come one, come all!
(Sounds similar to what I do here, I know — this is a way for me to add more links, things not so easily blogged, and hopefully more often than once a day, though I can’t promise that.)
Anyway, my links should be varied and interesting (I hope!), so if you’re a new ma.gnolia user, or an old one that has JUST NOW learned of the relaunch (go sign up!!), please join the group! (You’ll be glad you did!) And if you’ve NEVER heard of (ma)gnolia, it is a social linking tool — somewhat like Delicious — except infinitely more streamlined, sophisticated and elegant.
West Coast Defense
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet, Entertainment, Picspam on August 21, 2009
Images by Mike Horn (hornage)
I love Star Wars, so naturally this Flickr set of poster and wallpaper-quality pictures thrilled me to bits. (Not that I want the Imperial forces to invade San Francisco, of course… but the imagery is pretty darn awesome, I have to admit.) Get the whole set here!
Star Trek
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on May 26, 2009
The Iconfactory has long been one of my favorite haunts, and yet again they’ve delivered, with official desktop wallpapers and icons from the new Star Trek movie. I mean… really, who wouldn’t want these on their desktop??
Cosmic Diary
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet, Perspectives on February 11, 2009
Cosmic Diary is part of the International Year of Astronomy; astronomers from all over the globe are talking about their jobs, their thoughts, and trying to share the day-to-day life of astronomy, as well as the science. I read a lovely article there yesterday on astronomy and journalism by Brother Guy Consolmagno, the American-born curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory. Definitely give the site a read; there’s astronomers aplenty reaching out to the public!
Soyuz, unwrapped
Posted by Danielle in Computer & Internet on October 22, 2008
The New York Times has a flash-based guide to the Soyuz spacecraft — think DK Eyewitness Guide, but animated. Very cool, worth paging through!
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My name is Danielle Signor, and I am a space cadet.
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