If, like me, you’ve been lucky enough to have flown with an airline that stocks the Sky Mall catalogue then you’ll know it’s brilliant. This is a magazine specially designed for people who have been sitting on an aeroplane for hours and have nothing to do. Why else would you buy…

Many animals have been put into space. Here I list my favourite space critters, including the Orbiting Frogs for which this very blog is named.

Just a quick note to point out Stuart’s post at the Astronomy Blog, showing off some packaging for a telescope produced by Oxford University:

I am tempted to write to them, but worry about offending them. Probably because I’m a Libra.

[via Astronomy Blog]

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…