Jesse Schmidt » interesting http://jesseschmidt.com Random Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 To Infinity and the Space Station http://jesseschmidt.com/2009/09/17/to-infinity-and-the-space-station/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2009/09/17/to-infinity-and-the-space-station/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:42:02 +0000 Jesse http://jesseschmidt.com/?p=107 I didn’t know that this was happening but apparently Buzz Lightyear has been aboard the International Space Station for over a year on a program by NASA and Disney to help get young people interested ins science and space and such.  The Buzz action figure went up last May and recently came back on STS-128 last week.  Below is a compilation video of Buzz floating around the Space Station! Super awesome :) [via Gizmodo and Orlando Sentinel]

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]]> http://jesseschmidt.com/2009/06/11/deadline-a-post-it-stop-motion/feed/ 0 World War 2: Simple Version http://jesseschmidt.com/2009/03/04/world-war-2-simple-version/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2009/03/04/world-war-2-simple-version/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:09:51 +0000 Jesse http://jesseschmidt.com/?p=69 World War 2 was such a complex set of maneuvers by so many powerful countries that sometimes it is hard to fully comprehend what happened in what order. Enter the World War 2: Simple Version cartoon by AngusMcLeod over at DeviantArt. Whimsical style drawings of each country with appropriate facial expressions and personalities.  Below is a preview of the comic.  Click the link to see the image full size!

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World War 2: Simple Version by AngusMcLeod @ DeviantArt

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]]> http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/07/23/blogging-from-my-ipod/feed/ 0 NIN The Slip http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/05/05/nin-the-slip/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/05/05/nin-the-slip/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 15:14:19 +0000 Jesse http://jesseschmidt.com/blog/?p=53 NIN released their latest album, The Slip on their website for free.  Download it here.

]]> http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/05/05/nin-the-slip/feed/ 0 Making of Camera Lenses http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/01/25/making-of-camera-lenses/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/01/25/making-of-camera-lenses/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:12:43 +0000 Jesse http://blog.jesseschmidt.com/?p=5 This is a very cool video about how camera lenses are made. I have always been fascinated with how things are made so I found this quite amazing. Enjoy!

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