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On Blogrolls

Posted by Mr. Buracas on 2008-03-23

One of the great joys of running a blog or Website is in the sharing of sites and pages with people. There are literally dozens of science and technology blogs that I visit on a regular basis, and I will be sharing many of those with you on this blog.

Such (websites for sharing) are called the Blogroll, and you can find mine on the right hand side of this page. Cleverly listed under the heading “Blogroll”.

See how that works?

Every listing under the Blogroll will have a a blog entry by me. For example, APOD (the Astronomy Picture of the Day) was the first site I placed in the roll, and I talk about it, and why it interests me so much (and why it might interest you) in this post.

All of those kinds of pages (where I talk about why I chose a site for my blogroll) can be easily found by clicking on this page’s category. Under “Categories”, on the left hand side of this page, you’ll find “blogroll” as well.

And so, to summarize: to find my Blogroll, a list of interesting sites to me, find them on the right hand side. Click on a link, and you go to that site. To find my own page about why I like the site, click on the “blogroll” category on the left hand side, and you will get a list of pages in which I do so.

Clear as mud? Good.

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Astronomy Photo of the Day

Posted by Mr. Buracas on 2008-03-22

This site is an addition to my blogroll. It is a site that you should visit on a regular basis. It is, in fact, my starting page ( you know, when FireFox loads).

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Call it APOD. It’s run jointly by NASA and Michigan Technological University.

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

This site is changed every day, and every day it’s a new view of heavens – usually with some connection to current events. Today was the Cat’s Eye Nebula

An interesting feature of this site (and one that has won it Internet awards) is the use of hyperlinks. By clicking on the right thing, you can find out more about NGC 6543, the Hubble Space Telescope photos, or planetary nebulae.

And all this besides the fact that the photography is amazing.

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