Bang!
The Deep Impact probe successfully slammed into the Tempel 1 comet early on July 4th. Nice fireworks!

NASA hopes to analyze the cometary innards for clues about the composition of the early solar system.
See also video from the impactor point-of-view just prior to collision and
images from the flyby probe, Hubble, and an elated Mission Control.
Happy July 4th, America!
I'm John Tolva, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Chicago.
I make music with Beat Research Chicago.
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Marginalia
- Bricks in Space
LEGO experiments on the International Space Station. Yes, please. - Personified Teeth Dental Signs
They really are creepy when you stop to think about it. Creepiest: personified teeth *with* teeth. - Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Visualization, 1969
Very cool, multi-axis visualization of Apollo 11 landing, with audio. - Letters of Note: Dear Son
Wonderful, deeply moving letter from the father of the second American astronaut to circle the planet. - New Release: Orbital: Wonky
April 3 (U.S.)/April 1 (international). - Gmail Snooze
Oh how I wish this were available for non-Apps mail. - Lego man sent to space by Toronto teens
Little cold up in the stratophere without hair or a hat, Lego man? - Chicago Pedway Map
Great, detailed new map of Chicago's pedway system from Chicago Detours. - The Re-Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Kickstarter to create a web series that follows a group of citizens who are so frustrated with their choices in the upcoming election that they re-animate the corpse of Abraham Lincoln and elect him. 'Course his zombie tendencies kick in, forcing his "creators" him to assassinate him ... again. Why not? - Ostrich
"A micro environment in which to take a warm and comfortable power nap at ease."
Immerito Tweets
- Ran into @aaronsalmon at the 90-year-old social network that is @DinkelsBakery. 10 hours ago
- Sweatpants outside the house is an admission of defeat. UNLESS you're at your kid's basketball game. Phew. Close one. 11 hours ago
- Whenever a web page loads and then darkens to show you an ad an angel gets dipped in a vat of hydrochloric acid. #itsnotawonderfullife 23 hours ago
- If the universe has a stenographer I'd like to ask that today be stricken from the record. 1 day ago
- RT @leahtreat: Go CDOT! "@Chicagoist: Construction workers found a Cold War-era fallout shelter while working on Lower Wacker Drive. htt ... 2 days ago
ChicagoCTO Tweets
- RT @juggernautco: Intersection: Civic Hackers (@ City Hall) | SessionCast http://t.co/hLGvMudk via @thetechweek 1 day ago
- Video from Chicago Tonight talking city data and civic startups: http://t.co/JWuvuCQj 3 days ago
- "Code For America In Chicago: Open311 Will Be City's Next Big Tech Move": http://t.co/etU7b87Z 4 days ago
- Looking forward to talking data and apps tonight on @wttw Chicago Tonight. http://t.co/7Iny5H9v 4 days ago
- RT @angelk: Team Chicago's first meeting with @ChicagoCTO! #awesome #cfachi http://t.co/jSpru84a 5 days ago
