Star Trek premiered today in 1966

I remember watching this show on a Black and White TV,  Remember those?

For everything Trekky see http://www.startrek.com/

the web and the Image Of The Day

The web has always been good for "something" of the day sites.  I remember early work (maybe by Yahoo?) of producing a link to a new site every day to showcase something new.

Here is a site of the day site that deals with remote sensing:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

check it out!

Air Rage and smaller seats on planes

Southwest and United cram six more seats on their flights to increase profits.  That is at a loss of one inch of space on each row.  American added 10 seats on 737-800s increasing the number of passengers to 160.  And Delta shrunk the toilet  to gain 4 more seats (as if the toilets weren't small enough).

So this does not sit well with the passengers who must go through security gauntlets, fight for the limited space in the overhead bins and otherwise be herded like cattle.

So, everyone must remain calm.

no worries about hurricanes....

Tourism in the Caribbean is up this summer.  Consider TCI and this report.
This seems to jive with the report from the official tourism site in TCI

But before you head to the island, check on the weather at the National Hurricane Center. For example, Pelican Beach Hotel (above) closes during hurricane season

Here we go again? Iceland and Bárðarbunga volcano

Volcanic eruption beneath Iceland's Dyngjujökull glacier sparks red alert

Iceland volcano: Eruption under ice-cap sparks red alert

and

Smallest of eruptions so far (Bárðarbunga update at 20:43 UTC)

APS StampShow 2014 in Hartford Connecticut

This Weekend 

Thursday to Sunday 21-24 August 2014

The Connecticut Convention Center 
Hartford Connecticut
10 am to 6 pm (except Sunday when they close at 4 pm)

Free

Dealers, displays and of course....

Stamps

Climate science from climate scientists

So, for the novice to the expert, this IS THE SITE.
http://www.realclimate.org/