The idea of a geosynchronous satellite for communication purposes was first published in 1928 by Herman Potočnik. The geostationary orbit was first popularised in a paper entitled “Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?” by Arthur C. Clarke, published in Wireless World in 1945. In the paper, Clarke described it as a useful orbit for communications satellites. As a result this is sometimes referred to as the Clarke orbit. Similarly, the Clarke Belt is the part of space approximately 35,786 km above mean sea level in the plane of the equator where near-geostationary orbits may be achieved.
–Wikipedia

Sir Arthur, aged 90, has died.

BoingBoing apparently covered this back in 2005 but like all things internet stuff comes and goes in waves.  Anyway, apropos of Mad’s Knit Me the Head of John the Baptist.

A slide show  of knitted scenes is here.

She Who Is Awesome turned me on to this site tonight. I googled it a bit, and got a lot of hits, but, just in case you’ve missed it like I had…

I’m not much of a Garfield fan, but the strips without him are disturbingly funny-sad-brilliant. Click the pic for so much more.

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