Musings

The Brightest Blast, noticed by a very small creature

Posted on by charlie

Link: Sky and Telescope – The Brightest Blast.

The "superflare," from a magnetar named SGR 1806–20, irradiated Earth with more total energy than a powerful solar flare. Yet this object is an estimated 50,000 light-years away in Sagittarius, on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy behind dense interstellar clouds. "This is mind-boggling when you think about how far away it is," says Kevin C. Hurley (University of California, Berkeley), one of the lead investigators.

I can’t help but think of how tiny and insignificant we can sometimes seem. Isn’t it a marvel that we exist at all? Think of it: beings that are constantly going against entropy, living on a think crust of a little ball of molten rock, spinning around a tiny star, part of an immense galaxy, in a universe we can’t even fathom the size of?

Sigh.

Tips & Tricks

One example on how to adapt a blog server to work with Lifeblog

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Robert Price went ahead and documented how he got his homegrown blog server software to work with Lifeblog. Not only does he say he did it, but shows how.

All he did was download the specs from here, fired up his 7610, and did his magic. Check out some of his posts. I like his little "Lifeblog Entry – Posted via Lifeblog from a Nokia smart phone" posted at the bottom of each entry.

Way to go Robert!

Announcements

Lifeblog on ‘Nokia’s Newest Smartphone’

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Sascha Segan was very US centric when he said in his PC Magazine article:

The 6682 is the first phone to support the new release of Nokia’s
Lifeblog, so users can actually blog from their phone. It allows you to
post pictures, videos and text messages to an online timeline that you
can either keep private or publish for your friends.

He was inaccurate on one account – the Nokia 6682 is the first US phone to support the upcoming release of Lifeblog (the Nokia 6630, which will also support the upcoming release, is not a US phone). While we haven’t formally made it known, the next release of Lifeblog will be compatible with the Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, and Nokia 6682 when they come out, and also compatible with the Nokia 6630, which has been on the market for a while now. We’ll announce when the software is available (soon, really!).

In the mean time, the current version of Lifeblog is compatible with the Nokia 6630, Nokia 6670, Nokia 7610, and the Nokia 6260. If you can’t find Lifeblog on your phone (it’s pre-installed on some), you can get it from the Nokia Lifeblog site. And if you are like me and can’t keep the phone numbers straight, there is a graphical guide to help you get the software you need.

And remember, the mobile software is free. If you want to do more and save more and browse more, then go out an buy the PC version of Lifeblog (29.95 €). More info on the Nokia Lifeblog site.

PS Carita is showing the Lifeblog on the Nokia 6682 with the Nokia 6682 team at the PMA show in Orlando. Great work guys!