“Memento mori”*…

Via Matt Muir and his wonderful newsletter, Web Curios…

Do YOU want to feel INCREDIBLY OLD? I mean, I imagine you already feel incredibly old, what with, well, your age, and the terrifying pace of everything, and the fact that nothing makes sense, but if you would like to feel EVEN OLDER then you will ‘enjoy’ this site which presents a whole load of ‘XX was closer to WWII than Y’-type facts to help you realise quite how much time has passed since you’ve been alive and how transient and ephemeral your existence in fact is. You can even plug in your birthday to get personalised horrordata…

Try it for yourself at: “Another day closer to the end.” No extra points for guessing that the example illustrated in the pic above was generated with your (very old) correspondent’s birthday.

On the other hand?: “Your future self has good news: you’re doing pretty well.”

* Latin phrase: “remember that you will die”

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As we muse on mutability and mortality, we might note that this is Good Friday… and that in 1983, British scholars Colin Humphreys and W.G. Waddington used NASA research into historical eclipse to place the Crucifixion on this date in 33 CE.

Three questions and answers: Why ABAP developers need to rethink now

The transition from Dynpro to SAP Fiori Elements challenges ABAP developers. Marian Zeis explains what is important during the switch.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Three-questions-and-answers-Why-ABAP-developers-need-to-rethink-now-11242684.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Developer #Eclipse #IT #SAP #news

Drei Fragen und Antworten: Warum ABAP-Entwickler jetzt umdenken müssen

Der Wechsel von Dynpro zu SAP Fiori Elements fordert ABAP-Entwickler heraus. Marian Zeis erklärt, worauf es beim Umstieg ankommt.

https://www.heise.de/news/Drei-Fragen-und-Antworten-Warum-ABAP-Entwickler-jetzt-umdenken-muessen-11241139.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Developer #Eclipse #IT #SAP #news

Watching the eclipse.
Another extract from the comic I'm working on with Angelo Angera.

#ink #InkDrawing #comics #comic #fumetti #fumetto #GraphicNovel #Krita #WorkInProgress #eclipse #Astronomy #AngeloAngera

Va ser complicado ver el #eclipse del 12 de agosto desde las ciudades. Aquí una simulación desde la Plaza Zorrilla de #Valladolid. Solamente desde la parte más cercana a la Acera de Recoletos se podrá observar la totalidad, y por poco.

Otro de los factores a tener en cuenta es que desde la ciudad los edificios no te permitirán observar los cambios de luz en todo el cielo, y en el horizonte en particular, que es otro de los detalles interesantes a los que prestar atención.

Quieren llevarme a sitios maravillosos donde observar el irrepetible eclipse, con atascos y masificaciones turísticas… Para una vez que el universo cósmico pasa por casa, prefiero ir andando, por aquello de tener una referencia estable donde pisar tierra.

#eclipse

APOD from 2009-12-20

Tutulemma: Solar #Eclipse Analemma

Capturing the Sun's path at the same time daily creates an analemma, a figure-8 pattern. On Winter Solstice, it's at its lowest point. Analemmas vary by latitude and timing. A 'Tutulemma' includes a solar eclipse, like this composite from Turkey since 2005, featuring the 2006 eclipse and Venus.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091220.html

MARVEL Strike Force presenta a su nueva heroína mexicana, Eclipse

https://powerups.es/marvel-strike-force-presenta-a-su-nueva-heroina-mexicana-eclipse/

#Noticias #Eclipse #Marvel #MARVELStrikeForce #Scopely