Ian's Messy Desk
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -A.A. Milne
Tuesday, February 04, 2003Final e-mail from Columbia. MSNBC: Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth. On Friday, the day before the space shuttle Columbia was to land in Florida, mission specialist Laurel Clark sent an e-mail to friends and family describing the awe-inspiring views of Earth from orbit. Here is the full text of her message: [tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog]
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Time flies when you're having fun blogging!
Happy Birthday to me. I've just realised that this blog will be a year old in just a few hours time. One of my ... [connexions: the weblog of theConnexion.net]
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KEN LAYNE'S POST ABOUT COLUMBIA is a must-read. This guy needs his own newspaper, or something. [InstaPundit]
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Microsoft's page of user submitted PowerPoint tips and tricks.
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Brendan Loy's blog enteries from February 1, 2003.
Jim Flowers' 'Shuttle Lost' blog.
Text:Excerpts From NASA News Conference February 3, 2003.
Instructions for Uploading Images and Video Related to the Columbia Accident.
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Lord Chesterfield. "Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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lucent (LOO-suhnt) adjective
1. Luminous; shining.
2. Translucent; clear.
[From Latin lucent, from lucere (to shine). Other words derived from the same root are elucidate, lucid, and translucent.]
"Now I am nestling on the sofa, antique crystal glass in one hand, elegant bottle of lucent amber in the other."
Victoria Moore; Sweet Surrender; New Statesman (London); Dec 18, 1998.
"Fair Hope with lucent light in her glad eyes, Fleet as Diana, through the meadow speeds;"
Henrietta Cordelia Ray; The Quest of the Ideal; 1893.
This week's theme: what does that company name mean?
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