Anybody recognize this location? It’s one of my favorite places on earth.

Give up? Perhaps this angle is more familiar to people.

Here’s a good idea: David Harris’ Science & Literature page suggests reading 50 books for 2004 and writing about them on my blog. That sounds like a good idea. I better get cracking – I got a ton of books I need to read lying around the house and only 11 months to go!

Good luck to Keisha Castle-Hughes! I don’t see many movies in theaters these days, but Whale Rider was definitely the best movie I saw last year. New Zealand News – NZ – Castle-Hughes stunned by best actress nomination.

Where on Mars is Opportunity? Right at the edge of the landing zone ellipse. It amazes me how NASA can manage to do that, flinging something from Earth to Mars and actually hit some specific target. I guess that’s why they’re rocket scientists.