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What Do You Think?

Posted on 04 July 2008

I’d like to hear your thoughts on the things you like and dislike about Orbiting Frog and any changes or modifications you’d like to see. This could include anything from the way the blog looks and feels to the topics covered or the regularity of updates.

The Font Sizes of the Planets

Posted on 24 June 2008

A nifty graphic showing the sizes of the planets, moons, comets, asteroids and plutoids in relative font sizes. Best viewed very large!

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Orbiting Frog: Recovering

Posted on 07 April 2008

After a brief abuse of my servers by someone or something, I am just about back up and running. Those of you using the 100 Brightest Satellites on Google Earth may have noticed that it’s stopped working. This will be fixed in the next couple of days.

NAM 2008: NAMBlog

Posted on 30 March 2008

This week sees the UK’s biggest astronomy conference take place in Belfast. The location moves around but the news is always interesting and those attending always have fun. Institutions will be announcing results and nervous students will be giving some of their first major talks. NAM is always good fun…

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Digging APOD

Posted on 14 March 2008

Listen, I love APOD but I am a bit fed up of everyone on Digg filling up the digg/space category with endless APOD images. They’re very pretty, and we all like them, but how am I supposed to know when a really amazing one comes up if you all digg every…

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Google Sky on the Web

Posted on 14 March 2008

Well what do you know, as soon as I make myself a wavelength slider for Google Sky, Google go ahead and pass me by by releasing the much anticipated web version of Google Sky complete with wavelength sliders. I still like my little mashup but I look forward to playing…

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Thanks for the Recent Activity

Posted on 05 March 2008

Orbiting Frog has been a busy place in 2008! We are only a small way into the year but already Orbiting Frog seems to have overspilled to the extent to which I feel the need to recap and regroup. So just in case you missed anything, here is a quick…

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Orbiting Frog Shop

Posted on 18 February 2008

Orbiting Frog is spreading out and heading into other parts of the internet. You can now buy science and astronomy based goodies via the Orbiting Frog Shop! T-shirts, mousepads, coasters and other paraphernalia will start to become available over the next few weeks and months as designs make their way…

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Bad Astronomered

Posted on 15 January 2008

A quick glance at my blog statistics reveals that I was the recipient of a spike in traffic last Friday (see graphic). Sites used to have trouble when they got linked to by popular engines, such as Digg or StumbleUpon and of course anyone could be ’slashdotted’.

I seem to have…

Mac OSX Westie

Posted on 26 October 2007

Well its finally here! I have just upgraded my Macbook to the new Westie operating system and I’m already seeing the advantages. For starters my lovely white mac has already acquired a really handy muddy fringe just below the trackpad. Gorgeous!

For ease of use, Westie also allows you to browse…

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