The good people at CERN are trying to collide particles at 7 TeV. Watch the web cast at http://webcast.cern.ch/lhcfirstphysics/

Collisions could take a few hours or a few days. Updates will follow as I get them. This is a very exciting time for physics. Construction was started in 2001 using the 12 ft wide 17 mile tunnel that was the Large Electron–Positron Collider built from 1983-1988. After over coming many technological problems, they are finally starting to run at full power.

Ok, after fighting spam via the email server, I've decided to try a pure CAPTCHA system and see if that works. If you have tried creating an account and did not get an email verification, please try and sign up again.

I'm going to try things really lax at first and see how it goes, but if the spam gets bad again, I'll have to come up with something else.

Tom and Sara's wedding 1/29/2010

My cousin Sara got married! Download Photo's below.
2 part's for easy download.

Here is the Gallery
http://www.thefamilygeek.net/v/TomSaraWedding/

These are from my camera and my grandmothers digital.

It has been siting in the garage for years. Collecting dust, boxes, and random pieces of junk. After a few false starts the time has come.

The Healey Project.

The Healey Project is an attempt to restore a 1959 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite.

Added some more pictures from the my last trip.
http://www.thefamilygeek.net/v/Ellsworth/

These are from Ellsworth AFB in South Dekota. Not too far from Mount Rushmore, Black hills area.
Open as a WWII bomber based, grew into a strategic air command site ( nuclear bombers) and
now controls surveillance satellites.

Rest In Peace Grandma.

Heading to Florida! Leave in the morning to spend a week at Cape Canaveral. The plan was to go down for the shuttle launch: spend 2-3 days touring the Cape, then watch the launch, grab some sun and surf. Well, when does anything ever go as planned. :) First, the shuttle launch was moved till the following week. Oh well. Maybe we will get to see something else. There is a Delta 4 going up, so we will see. Now looking at the radar it looks like there is a hurricane maybe heading that way. Will defiantly need to keep an eye on it.

Ok....Time to continue on with the trip. The next stop will be Mount Rushmore.

http://www.thefamilygeek.net/v/MtRushmore/

I've included a couple of shots of Crazy Horse at the end. I would have liked to have had more, but it was raining. So I've just grouped them together with Rushmore.

Well, due to some bad timing with a cargo ship and then problems with the weather, the 1-X did not launch yesterday, but they're trying again today!
It's 7:00 and the clocks counting at T minus 40 mins. There is a built in hold at 4:00 min that will prob take longer then the planned 20 min. Right now they are talking about a launch attempt around 8:30 - 9:00. The big question is: Will the weather hold?

If everything goes right, today NASA will launch the new Ares 1-X Rocket. Launch window opens at 7:00 AM ET.

NASA Link: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/...

Watch Live!
NASA TV Link: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html ( needs plug-in)

7:00 Update: T minus 36 min and counting. Parts of the vertical stabilization system is being pulled away. These are the arms that hold the rocket in place before launch.