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It’s the Internets! (12/30/09)

30 Dec

Happy New Years Eve Eve! It’s another boring day at work because I’m pretty much the only person here. So support my loneliness and check out some stuff from the Internets. LET ME BUY U A LIIINNKK:

If you found anything on the internet that you’d like to share, post it on the comments below. And if you missed yesterday’s It’s the Interents!, click here to check it out. An ultimate list of end of the decade lists? You’re welcome. And if you’re on Twitter, come follow us! Being a leader means knowing when to follow.

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An Asteroid is Coming in 2036 – And Russia Might Save Us?!

30 Dec

Do you remember seeing that image somewhere? All the crazy stories coming out of Siberia about what caused it? Well it was an asteroid (or comet or UFO?!) in 1908,which was an explosion equivalent to between 5 and 30 megatons of TNT occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote region of Russia’s Siberia. The Tunguska blast flattened 80 million trees, destroying an area of around 2,150 sq km (830 sq miles).

Well don’t look now, but another asteroid roughly three times as big as the Tunguska one is coming for Earth – but no worries, Russia plans to save us! Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos,  tells Voice of Russia radio that  Moscow may invite experts from Europe, the United States and China to join the project aimed at thwarting the menacing asteroid Apophis.

“People’s lives are at stake. We should pay several hundred million dollars and design a system that would prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people.”

Well when you put it that way – this actually seems kind of scary. The asteroid is due to hit Earth in the 2030′s – NASA predicts 2036. NASA however also wrote that an update of its orbit indicated “a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036.” NASA dropped the odds of it hitting Earth in 2036 from a 1-in-45,000 to 1-in-250,000 .

Perminov offers no hint as to how Russia plans to deal with Apophis, except to say it would not destroy the asteroid. He also said after having considered the project, Russia could invite experts from Europe, the United States and China to join it. This truly is right out of a movie script.

“No nuclear explosions (will be carried out), everything (will be done) on the basis of the laws of physics.”

There are no other details at this time, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated! Sounds like a mission for these guys – WE’LL DRAW STRAWS!

Update: It will probably look like this…

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Your Next Big Band: Bear in Heaven

30 Dec

Here is a band I literally had not heard until today. I was going to write on a different band, but Bear in Heaven was recommended to me by Jeff, over at New Millenial, they made such an impression on me this morning – they are my next big band.

As pretty much every good indie band these days, Bear in Heaven is based in Brooklyn (all members from Georgia and Alabama) – formed by Jon Philpot (who messed around with his first band, The Presocratics). The band has a psychedelic-electronic feel to it. All their instruments blend together to create one massive sound that you have not heard else where. I sense a bit of MGMT in songs like “Lovesick Teenagers”.  They might sound like a band you know – but they still maintain their own sound.

More After the Jump (with songs!)

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