The View from L1

Article about the DSCOVR observation satellite now at the L1 position a million miles from Earth, including time-lapse video of the Earth and moon.

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/satellite-took-incredible-photo-almost-didnt-leave-earth/

Brit meme

Meme from gillo via curiouswombat and speakr2customrs

( long meme )

Doctor Nikola

The copy of A Bid For Fortune I bought recently has a frontispiece missing from my previous copy, and it's absolutely wonderful:



They don't make villains like that any more, you just can't get the wood. (Stanley L Wood, the illustrator, in this case.)