Rocknest: Awesome Martian Panorama...

This panorama was made from dozens of individual photos taken while Curiosity was parked at Rocknest.  It's been white-balanced so that colors appear as they would if viewed under the light we see on the Earth's surface (it's much redder light on Mars).  Click here to get the gigantic full-resolution JPG image, and here to see the NASA information about it.

Feds Shut Down Intrade...

Intrade is one of the two main online prediction markets in the U.S., used for many purposes but probably best-known for their election prediction market.  The other online prediction market is the Iowa Electronic Market, which I cited extensively in the recent election season.  Both of these markets have been operating for years without problems.  Now some soul-sucking Obama administration bureaucrat has decided they're so evil they must be shut down.

It's very weird to be sitting here watching my country death spiral...