Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10

At the An Event Apart conference, Jeffry Zeldman speaking on site redesign #
Jeffrey advocates designing the site from the content out #
I liked Jefferey’s idea of redesigning his blog live and asking for feedback. Eric Meyer (Mr. CSS) up next #
Eric is like me – nuts ‘bolts guy! #
Ethan m #
Ethan Marcotte was great! Good tips on the design process and fluid layouts. See him if he is speaking in your town! #
Eric Meyer is amazing on CSS. His chart techniques are very clever and clean. #
Looked at a couple of pie chart css solutions. Still haven’t figured out what Eric used … #
Next up – Scott Thomas, Designer for Obama for America … #
Wow! Only two primary designers for the Obama team! #
Interesting to see how tightly inte #
Interesting to see how tightly integrated Obama’s web team is. Went for very clean, clear message. #
Used simple graphics that “popped”, i.e. the Obama rising sun. #
Integrated print and web together for the campaign… #
Projected consistency and strength to counter Obama’s perceived inexperience… #
The web drove participation in Obama’s campaign… #
The flow chart for the voter registration site looks like something from the Far Side strip #
Scott’s website: http://thepostfamily.com/ #
Some advice from Scott, get away from the computer screen, work with your hands, and surround yourself with interesting people .. #
From GreenBiz.com. Ford’s Expedition SUV plant will be the plant to build the All-Electric focus: http://bit.ly/6oKaH #
Need to plan time for the new Star Trek movie. Hot trailers, great reviews, fresh, young cast – can’t miss! #
RT @NWF: Disappointing Decision on Polar Bear Protection http://ow.ly/5OG9 #

May 10, 2009 Tags: tweets, Twitter Posted in: Uncategorized

NASA Image of the Day

Remnant of a Supernova

Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has studied many of these supernova remnants sprinkled across the galaxy. The latest example of this important investigation is Chandra's new image of the supernova remnant known as G350.1-0.3. This stellar debris field is located some 14,700 light years from the Earth toward the center of the Milky Way. Evidence from Chandra and from ESA's XMM-Newton telescope suggest that a compact object within G350.1+0.3 may be the dense core of the star that exploded. The position of this likely neutron star, seen by the arrow pointing to "neutron star" in the inset image, is well away from the center of the X-ray emission. If the supernova explosion occurred near the center of the X-ray emission then the neutron star must have received a powerful kick in the supernova explosion. Data suggest this supernova remnant, as it appears in the image, is 600 and 1,200 years old. If the estimated location of the explosion is correct, this means the neutron star has been moving at a speed of at least 3 million miles per hour since the explosion. Another intriguing aspect of G350.1-0.3 is its unusual shape. Many supernova remnants are nearly circular, but G350.1-0.3 is strikingly asymmetrical as seen in the Chandra data in this image (gold). Infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (light blue) also trace the morphology found by Chandra. Astronomers think that this bizarre shape is due to stellar debris field expanding into a nearby cloud of cold molecular gas. The age of 600-1,200 years puts the explosion that created G350.1-0.3 in the same time frame as other famous supernovas that formed the Crab and SN 1006 supernova remnants. However, it is unlikely that anyone on Earth would have seen the explosion because of the obscuring gas and dust that lies along our line of sight to the remnant. These results appeared in the April 10, 2011 issue of The Astrophysical Journal. Image Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/I. Lovchinsky et al; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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