Icelandic Cuisine?

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Want to try some amazing looking recipes? My FB and Flickr friend, Helga, just launched her new foodie site. Some great sounding ideas are there, especially for us Americans caught up in our Americanized versions of ethnic foods.

If your Icelandic is rusty (or nonexistent like mine) try using this English pretranslated link: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=is&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allskonar.is&act=url

Everything looks delicious and will more than likely make you hungry.

 

Finches at Floreana Island, Galapagos

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“Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends”. -Charles Darwin

Wanted to post this on Darwin day, but forgot to… Better late than, well, you know.

Current cosmological model

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This picture show the current cosmological model based on a homogenous, isotopic, inflationary (accelerating) universe. You can see the big bang and subsequent rapid expansion and cooling. From there the cooling allows stars, galaxies and clusters to form as the Universe continues to cool and expand. The widening at the throat of the cone shows our current understanding that the Universe is going to expand faster and faster. As it does galaxies will recede away from us faster.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants – YouTube

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Excellent 17 minute quick overview of the history of astronomy replete with nifty animations gleaned and used well from documentaries.  It also conveys (lightly) our understanding of where we are and just how small our place is the Universe…  (with a teeny tiny touch of irreligiousity at the end).  It should be mentioned that this is just a taste of the wonder that is Astronomy.  But if you’re someone who probably wont pursue Astronomy further, it’s a great taste.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a TimeTurn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Anyone who has been to or is going to Machu Picchu should read this book. It is a well written, humorous journey around many of the most important sites from the Incan Empire following the footsteps of the man credited for it’s “rediscovery”, Hiram Bingham. You won’t get bogged down in science or history, but you may be energized (like me) to learn more. Mr. Adams writing style is similar to Bill Bryson’s and is very accessible. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

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