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- On a 747 getting ready to depart for Caoe Town. There is woman with angry 2 year old in lap in middle seat across from me. Poor people. [starstryder]
  
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- And the winner of the race would be the plane. Just posted that I have to go to the satellite terminal... [starstryder]
  
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- In Heathrow Terminal 5. BA lounge so much nicer than AA lounge. Now to crunch some numbers [starstryder]
  
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Random Thought 7

Sunday, 1st July 2007

Fireworks are a great way to study persistence of vision.

And if you don’t get motion sick, try watching through diffraction grating glasses. You can actually see the atomic/molecular lines of of the stuff used to make the fireworks!

Happy Canada Day to all you Canadians and happy Independence Day to all you US folks!