DagSys

A Miomir inspired world where science, science fiction, and the science of music merge

[dagnysystem]

Exowolf 2.0 

As this was originally written completely in my head and at my computer, I have made some refinements after actually sitting down at the piano and playing it. Centered on a few of the phrases I really liked from version 1.0 and I like it a lot better. 

I wish I had a nice concise story for this but the only thing I have so far is that her calls go unanswered and its sad which is why it ends the way it does and just sort of hangs there. That’s her, Exo, waiting.

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©  [email protected]   February 2012

[andrewryanindustries]

MIDAS MULLIGAN

Did and image search for “Midas Mulligan” and found her Myspace page, I just had to post her picture. What an awesome look!

Click on the image to see her page.

Be warned, its going to play audio from a commercial for Darkness II, so if you don’t want audio blasting kill your volume first!

[dagnysystem]

It would seem I have neglected the story of the Mosans by my recent distraction with songwriting and my other blogs. While searching for images of Midas Mulligan for my Ayn Rand / Rush / Bioshock blog I stumbled upon this individual who goes by Midas Mulligan. Her image is making me rethink the image of the Mosan Queen and more importantly the role tattoos play in Mosan society at large, in particular how they relateto the Strats (Mosan caste system). 

[dagnysystem]

I’ve been real bad woh this blog for s few years now, but it did just turn 6 today.

[dagnysystem]

TRAPPIST-1: System with 7 Earth-Size Exoplanets

TRAPPIST-1, a small red-dwarf star, hosts at least seven rocky planets the size of Earth and smaller.

OMG - Its like they discovered DagSys!

[dagnysystem]

DagSys turned 5 today!

Holy Shit!

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(via Cassini's Images from First Orbit Reviewed, Saturn's Moons Could Be Younger Than Previously Thought)

[itscolossal]

WATCH: A Tornado of Fire Filmed in Slow Motion (video)

[dagnysystem]

Fourth of July, in Pittsburgh, from the roof of the Carnegie Science Center where I volunteer... we were literally right on top of the fireworks and I took well over a hundred shots with my EOS Rebel T2i, and this is by far the best IMO.

[dagnysystem]

Moon over Pittsburgh from observatory at Carnegie Science Center

[futureofscience]

Could ‘Windbots’ Someday Explore the Skies of Jupiter?

“Among designers of robotic probes to explore the planets, there is certainly no shortage of clever ideas. There are concepts for robots that are propelled by waves in the sea. There are ideas for tumbleweed bots driven by wind, rolling across Antarctica or Mars. Recently a team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, wondered if a probe could be buoyant in the clouds of Earth or a distant gas giant planet, like Jupiter. That team has recently begun studying their question, thanks to a one-year, $100,000 study, funded by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. They’re investigating the feasibility of creating a windbot, a new class of robotic probe designed to stay aloft in a planet’s atmosphere for a long time without wings or hot-air balloons. The NASA-funded study will systematically investigate how future spacecraft of this kind could stay airborne and harvest energy. Although no mission is currently scheduled to utilize windbots, the researchers hope their study will open new avenues for atmospheric science on gas giant planets using high-mobility robotic explorers. Unlike the moon and Mars, which have already been explored by robotic rovers, gas giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn have no solid surface on which a probe to land on. In 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft dropped off an atmospheric probe that descended into Jupiter under a parachute. The battery-powered probe survived only about an hour before succumbing to high heat and pressure as it fell into the planet’s ponderously deep atmosphere. In contrast to the plummeting probe, a windbot could have rotors on several sides of its body that could spin independently to change direction or create lift. Adrian Stoica, principal investigator for the windbots study at JPL, points to a great example to think about from nature: a dandelion seed. “A dandelion seed is great at staying airborne. It rotates as it falls, creating lift, which allows it to stay afloat for long time, carried by the wind. We’ll be exploring this effect on windbot designs."”

[beanantea]

Apparently some vegans are telling people not to eat honey to support bees. STOP. STOP NOW. DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW BEES WORK? Buy honey (local if possible) -> support beekeepers -> support bees. I swear people don’t even think this stuff out.  Beekeepers provide bees with an environment in which they can live, and are encouraged to thrive. Bees then have a big huge giant person who can deal with any threats to the hive.  Yes, honey is a winter food supply for bees, but beekeepers (unless they’re dicks, in which case they’d be shooting themselves in the foot) will NEVER take too much honey from a hive, and will always ensure that bees have enough food. Think about it, you’re not going to starve a source of income/hobby, are you? So now. Support beekeepers. Support bees. buzz.

[katwaterflame]

I had to reblog just for “DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW BEES WORK?“ because it made me realize that some people really don’t!

[rosygl0w]

save them

[assgod]

SAVE THEM!!

[cinnamonzen]

THANK YOU

[dagnysystem]

The same applies in the checkout line. Select paper bags and you aren't "killing a tree" so much as planting one.

[mainwriterbadnam]

If you don’t like where you are, move on. You are not a tree.

Unknown (via intric-te)

Words of wisdom

[dagnysystem]

Mars New Year in Mars PA just north of my new home of Pittsburgh

[micdotcom]

9 horrifying photos show what people are really doing to the planet

People rarely think about their waste beyond the curb, and it’s leading us to a dark place. The post-apocalyptic landscape we see in movies already exists in far too many places. The photos from Israel and Buenos Aires are just as bad — or worse.

[dagnysystem]

Really makes wonder why we even bother with contemplating a Mars colony!!!

[dagnysystem]

It's official!!!

Ok! I realize I don't have that many followers but it's a big deal to me. As of today, 5/1/2015 I've officially moved from Richmond to Pittsburgh.

[science-junkie]

Ocean Worlds

Earth isn’t the only ocean world in our solar system. Oceans could exist in diverse forms on moons and dwarf planets, offering clues in the quest to discover life beyond our home planet. 

via nasa.gov

[staceythinx]

Unusual rock formations captured by photographer Cecil Whitt

[dagnysystem]

DagSys scenery ideas