Crystal Palace

Click on the crazy image to read about Mexico's "Cueva de los Cristales".  Incredible.

Headache man

Scott Ross, former GM at ILM and founder of Digital Domain, has recently started a blog.  With only a few entries thus far, Scott has laid his cards on the table.  A fantastic read for anyone interested in the "business" of visual effects.  Click on "headache man" below to read Scott's blog.

Las Meninas

Las Meninas, 1656.  Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado

Manhattan

3/4 oz sweet vermouth
2 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey (Booker's, Maker's, Baker's)
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 maraschino cherry
1 twist orange peel

Combine the vermouth, bourbon whiskey, and bitters with 2 - 3 ice cubes in a mixing glass. Stir gently, don't bruise the spirits and cloud the drink. Place the cherry in a chilled cocktail glass and strain the whiskey mixture over the cherry. Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink to release the oils but don't drop it in.

My all time favorite place for a Manhattan on a Friday night was at The Kezar on the corner of Carl and Cole in San Francisco.  

Docked One Last Time

Backdropped by a night time view of the Earth and the starry sky, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is photographed docked at the International Space Station on May 28, 2011. The STS-134 astronauts left the station the next day on May 29, after delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and performing four spacewalks during Endeavour's final mission.

Image credit: NASA