First, the fish tank.  I finally took some pictures of the tank that I got more then a month ago.  I think that I put the tank in a bad place in the living room because the couches are 90 degrees to it (facing the TV set on the wall to the right) . . . but I didn’t want to put it next to the TV / Entertainment center because I wasn’t sure about putting all that weight on the one spot of the floor of the apartment.

Anywho, the right side of the tank is missing any kind of decoration because I haven’t found anything I like yet.  I want something like a big(ish) castle or something with gecko-roman columns . . . like Atlantis sunk in the tank lol. 

In other news, I’ve decided that we need to change the color / pattern of the back wall monthly.  Last month was a very geometric / sharp edged / masculine breakup pattern . . . green pattern with purple background.  So this month, wanting to avoid fall colors since they will take up the next two months, I decided to go with a green background and a paisley pattern. 

I know it’s very busy.  But many of the backgrounds that I downloaded for use in worship / Pastors notes have a sketched / scribble / paisley aspect to them.  And it’s more feminine then last month (many ladies told me last month that the pattern was very linear).  The pictures are blurry, sorry, and one looks more saturated then the other . . . but you get the idea.  I may make the paisley pattern a deep orange and see how that looks on the green . . . just to take away from the bright white of the pattern.

I know, it is very busy.  But I’m still learning stuff here.  Also, the green isn’t as deep as I wanted and the focal point of the lamps in my ellipses are off (so the pattern has a glow about it that washes out the green even more).  But I think it’s a step in the right direction.

Last, but not least, you should check out Camron Ware’s web site and blog.  He does some amazing stuff with architectural projection (that’s pointing a projector at a wall and projecting some cool designs on them to make for a more immersive service).  His latest post shows a church that he worked with that uses fabric and some color mixing LED banks in the ceiling to truly create an immersive space.  Check it out

Once again I am mastering the Sunday audio to CD . . . which means that it’s time for a LINK DUMP !

Today’s edition is very exciting as the world may end !  Oh yes ! 

     You may have heard about the new super collider (the Large Hadron Collider) that is a 17 mile loop spanning across the border of a couple of countries.  People have been worried about this thing for years.  What I find interesting is the conflicting information that’s out there about it.  One of the main worries about the Collider is that, as a result of some of the exparaments, very tiny black holes will appear.  We’re talking about very VERY tiny black holes that evaporate in less then a second.  However, since we have not exparamentally produced these black holes before . . . some people are worried that they wont evaporate but will continue to grow . . . which would obviousley be bad for the planet as a whole.

      Most scientists agree that the chances of this happenning are very VERY tiny.  But what I find interesting is how many of the people involved with the project dont even mention the fact that it WILL, in fact, make very small balck holes.  I supose they dont feel it worth mentioning to the public in general becaue they will think ‘black hole, oh no . . . we’re going to die !’.  And while several studies have been conducted to see if this thing is safe . . . they were conducted by the people building it.  However, an independent panel of scientiests studied it a coule of years later and found it to be safe.  They cited the fact that such high energy collisions happen in Earths upper atmosphere with Cosmic Rays and have not produced ill effects (such as Earth eating black holes).

         Anywho, here is the link to some articles about it . . .
HERE is the Daily Tech article
HERE is a Wiki Pedia article about it, and HERE is a safety concern page about it

In other, less Earth ending news . . .
- Blu-ray has 5 years left as a formatt . . . HERE
- I’m not even sure the point of this article, other then to say the Shuttle program is old technology that is wearing out . . . HERE
- More Red Ring of Death info comes out . . . HERE
- This is a cool Ultra Short Throw projector . . . meaning you can hang it at the top of a wall and it projects down that same wall . . . A blog article HERE and the tech article HERE
- I want this picture canvas that Pete Cullen has on his wall . . . HERE
- A nice review of the Blu-ray of Transformers . . . HERE
- Some gamers not happy with Spore, DRM and Gameplay lack luster . . . HERE