Microsoft Research started this new computer visualization of the entire universe (or, at least what we know now as the universe). It basically lets you pan through the universe to wherever you want to go. Being a bit of an astronomy geek myself, I would LOVE to fly through the universe on a big projector screen. It’s like bringing one of my dreams to life (almost…).

This is the website

And here is a video

It’s beautiful. It’s just plain astronomical (ha, no pun intended.) I can see why it made Scoble cry.

I just got home from a karaoke bar downtown here in Springfield… It’s pretty fun. Full of a wide range of people, good cheap alcohol, and fun songs. I’ve made a lot of friends there… But you know what I really wanna do? I wanna go to Japan and visit a real karaoke roomu. Where you invite a bunch of co-workers or friends and drink sake (sake o nomimasu!) and sing til you are so drunk you fall over!