The Day the Zunes Stood Still (a.k.a. Z2K)

Hahahahahahahahaha! I think this has got to be the goofiest thing ever, not to mention a fitting end to 2008!
I own a Zune30, which along with every other Zune30 decided to "freeze" at exactly 12:00 Midnight PST. By "freeze" I mean it rebooted itself, but got stuck at the Zune boot screen. No series of button presses or screaming at it (as demonstrated above) resulted in getting it past the boot screen. My next thought was "Well, I guess I could just let the battery run out, plug it in and see what happens." That's when the light bulb went on. "Why don't I just disconnect the battery and reset it that way", I thought. Well, after verifying how to take my Zune apart, I proceeded to do exactly that, and voila! -- my Zune is up and running. People have been posting some pretty funny stuff -- someone even went so far as to create a video dedicated to the event.

Here are two more funny images related to the problem.

Cotton Candy Clouds

Sunday evening's sunset was absolutely spectacular. I stepped outside and captured this image just as the clouds were turning a beautiful cotton candy pink. Tonight's sunset was even more spectacular, but I didn't have my camera with me.


If you like beautiful sunsets as much as I do, you should visit Missouri Skies. Lots of great sunset photos!

Celestial Trio

Sky & Telescope is calling tonight's celestial event the "Venus & Jupiter Show", but hey, let's not forget the Moon. ;)
Tonight the crescent moon joined Venus and Jupiter forming a beautiful celestial triangle. While I was getting the shot, a little cloud decided to pass in front of Venus, but it's so bright it came through anyway. The Moon, as you can clearly see is surrounded by a lovely halo, and Jupiter is the bright star to the far right of the image.