Awwwww

Went to visit Tessa Holly and family yesterday. All appear well, although lacking in sleep. Usual thing, she only wants to eat and sleep right now ... well, mostly she wants to eat.

Alas, due to lack of sun on day 2 Sungroper has abandoned hopes of finishing the race without trailering. Still, after the engine and driver overheat on day 1 things appear to be improving, apart from the weather. (Alas Sungroper isn't actually waterproof). The (yahoo sponsored) Sungroper Internet Cafe is proving a hit with others of the slower moving solar teams, enabling them to check their email etc. from Dunmarra caravan park.

Most boggling thing seen this week: Poster for play on at the Nexus Theatre in early November:
Richard III The Bollywood Musical. It occurs to me that the guy playing the high priest of sacrifice in Dr Who and the Aztecs at the moment probably did a lot of Richard III playing. He's coming across as very thespian :)

Heard an interesting talk at the observatory last night on how with a $200 webcam, access to a telescope, lots of hard disk space and some freeware processing software you too can make some spiffy images of Mars.
Lots of pretty pictures :)