*subtle political themes

via Juxtapoz.

Ubuntu Brainstorm

Nostromo

Gentle soundscapes inspired by the M-class starfreighter Nostromo. Compiled via Sleep Research Facility.

The Mysterious Stranger

"D&D Insider" Screenshots...

via Boing Boing Gadgets.
Spoiler - They look shockingly bad.

Motel Art Improvement Service

...by Jason Little. Warning: Some pages NSFW...

Phun

...is Computer-Assisted-Engineering (CAE) for grade schoolers and kids-at-heart. This is way better that Logo.
via Linux Games. (It installs easily on Windows, too.)

"This is a fact..."

More from EBN here...

More Rollercoaster

An article was published in the city paper yesterday about the roller coaster foundation work the engineers at my company and I did last fall.
Link to the newspaper's website, which seems to want Active X. (Boo!)
Page one and page two of the article in raw image form.
Link to a promotional website with an animation of the ride.

To the future through the past...

via io9...

*clanging and whirring*

Astromen isn't off-the-air or anything; several of us have just been busy participating in the "+3 Art Show" in Chicago. I'd like to formally thank our hosts, the participants and everyone who came. It was a great opportunity, and I was very proud of all of the work my comrades (you guys) made.

There are two Flickr sets posted of the opening party, from Ryan and Chad.

I am back in residence here at the Astromen; and will resume my normal sporadic posting pattern.