Spirit Soldiers On

"The hazard avoidance camera on the front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image after a drive on the 1,806th Martian day, or sol, (Jan. 31, 2009) of Spirit's mission on the surface of Mars." - Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Wow! I found this image on the NASA Image of the Day Gallery. Amazing to think that we ACTUALLY are exploring the face of Mars! ... This American spirit to pioneer and explore the unknown - it's something else! ... The photo also reminds me of alien landscapes & deserts - what you feel like you're exploring your own thing. It's hard & lonely at times. It's strange & foreign/alien. ... It's where fear & courage meet, and you have to make a choice to keep on exploring. You have to look at the adventurous side of things and not let the fear of being alone & alien consume you. You've got to keep going & looking forward.

Wow! Look where we are! :)

Monte Silo / Gigaplex Architects

I thought of using silos as architecture yesterday while driving home and found this beautiful house on the web. This article at ArchDaily gives a good overview of the Monte Silo project by Gigaplex Architects.

I like the idea of having a circular home and using inexpensive materials in a creative way. (There would be some challenges, but it could be worth it.) This is pretty cool! Nice job Gigaplex!

Character artist Jack Kirby

An interesting interview with Jack Kirby, creator of quite a few famous comic book super-hero characters. (From A chat with...PJ Holden and Al Ewing (part four))

I'm also reading Watchmen right now. (I'll tell you how it goes.) It's got a lot of acclaim, plus they're releasing Watchmen as a movie in March. It looks pretty intriguing. (Great website design too!)