it was pretty cool. was able to see at least 4 stages fall off the rocket. I really miss watching the shuttle launches though. even in Central Florida, miles from the Cape, those were spectacular and Loud.

It's the weekend!

Slate has a really cool interactive animation that compares the speeds of some of the most famous ships in the 'verse.

Discovered this on Twitter. You should check it out! It's awesome! it's a Friday Flash story rendered in kinetic typography.

OK. Don't panic.

I liked "Tweaking your brain implants." especially considering we're all io9ers. The current one is just not as cool. But I've a few questions.

Y'all know the drill: open thread, post whatever the hell you want. I'm off to sleep. I leave you to ponder this:

Welcome to a new column I'm going to be writing each week (maybe more?), where I write up a review of the comic I enjoyed the most from this week's releases. I thought that TAY didn't really have any comics discussions and I love 'em so anyway here's my thoughts: