Stormscapes

The Great Plains of the United States produce the most beautiful thunderstorms, supercells, and unique cloud structures in the world. I spent the summer of 2013 on the northern Great Plains photographing some of these storms. Shot in Wyoming and South Dakota. Music: Xiphon Audio - Bindings - Used with permission Photography: Nicolaus Wegner Equipment: Canon 5dmii, 1dsmiii, 16-35mii, 70-200f4, tripods, intervalometers, hail dented Jeep. _____ Xiphon Audio Links: http://soundcloud.com/xiphon_audio/look-to-the-sky - Help XA with his Bleeding Fingers (Hans Zimmer) Competition. It's pretty awesome! https://www.facebook.com/AudioDamageProductions http://www.youtube.com/user/AudioDamageProduct https://soundcloud.com/xiphon_audio _____ My links: facebook.com/LightalivePhotography www.lightalivephotography.com/ plus.google.com/+Lightalivephotography/posts

Thanks to Jason Kottke, at Kottke.org for posting this:

Nicolaus Wegner shot some gorgeous footage of thunderstorms and cloud formations in South Dakota and Wyoming during the summer of 2013.

The footage is crazy good.

The Killing of Stray Dogs in Sochi

There will be a lot of issues that come up with the Sochi Olympics, but don't overlook the potential hunting and killing of hundreds of stray dogs by the Russian government in preparation for the games. Keith explains. Watch "Olbermann" weeknights on ESPN2 at 11pm ET.

Second day in a row Olbermann has opened the show with this issue. This is Olbermann at his best. He has convinced me to boycott Sochi. I wont be watching this year. And the Winter games are my favorite.

The Battle for B-R

1080p recommended! Since we support neither of the coalitions, a late night trip to B-5 with a scout provided a chance to sit back and enjoy the view. Besides, one of my missions is always to remind people that Eve is not only one of the most tactically deep games ever created but also boasts some of the grandest scenes in MMO gaming.

Derrik J. Lang, writing for the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Carl was asleep when the first shot was fired.

As he slumbered away in Costa Mesa, Calif., the 29-year-old banker's virtual space fleet was under siege early Monday morning in what's become the most destructive and expensive battle in the 10-year history of "EVE Online," the gargantuan online sci-fi video game.

"EVE Online" — with more than 500,000 players from around the world piloting starships, trading goods and engaging in galactic espionage — utilizes its own in-game currency, and Carl expects the damage from Monday's conflict to be the game equivalent of about $500,000 in real-world cash, based on data compiled from within the game.

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During Monday's encounter, more than 100 Titan vessels were destroyed. The megaships, which are akin to the Death Star from "Star Wars," are the largest ships in the game and are worth about $3,000 each in real-world money. The Titans also take months for gamers to build. That's months in real time: a lot of nights, weekends and days-off actually spent constructing the virtual warships.

First of all, the A.P. had some of the details wrong. The CFC (the alliance I am a member of) killed 59 Titans and we only lost 16. So the count was 75 not "over a hundred".

Also, most of us on the CFC forums are wondering....who the fuck is Carl?

Oh sorry, what did YOU do yesterday?