I... There's really no words for how awesome this is, you need to see it for yourself. Pacific Star I & II.

They built a weather balloon and attached digital cameras to it, that flew up into the edge of space, and took pictures that show the curve of the Earth. No, not NASA, this was done by three dudes from California ( Read more... )

Nothing really deep here. I like the B/W Orzhov guild, and the crazy token deck I built from the precon is loads of fun and doesn't suck. Spirits and bats and wizards. And the little plastic ninja I use as tokens.

And I also got my new Player Rewards cards from Wizards. Ignore the FAQ on that page, the available cards haven't been updated in ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's REALLY bad science writing. Because the reporter has no frickin clue what the scientists are talking about. I'm not quite sure either. But it's awesome and weird and that's what the future should be.

Read the article here.

Then read the Nature article, which is less crap.

http://www.grand-illusions.com/

These are some seriously nifty and shiny toys. Practically magical, a lot of them. Just look at their shop page, which has descriptions and explanations of how they work ( Read more... )

Video of popping water balloons in freefall.

Dude.

Via sclerotic_rings.

Because I can.

OOOOOH, PRETTY!

Now those are NICE Plains and Islands.

Also, SHINY!

Dual lands. W00t!

I don't know about how well it'll play, but the new set looks PRETTY!

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