In case you’ve been in hibernation or living in a cave until now, or you just can’t get enough of the man, The Guardian have the full text of Barack Obama‘s acceptance speech with the video alongside it. Enjoy it here!
The Big Vote
November 4, 2008 By
It’s a day like any other: we all got up this morning, went to work, are having coffees at the office and bitching about meetings – only it’s not quite the same here in the US. It’s election day! I’m a total outsider and it’s very exciting to be able to witness this “historic” election from inside the country. To know that the whole world is watching feels pretty special.
On a lighter note, I found this great blog called the Twitter Vote Report. A number of software developers used Twitter as a platform to collate news about the election today. One cool feature is that it creates tables of waiting times in various cities, with the information coming from the actual voters standing in line. Or you can view maps of voter tweets from individual states.
Anyone can contribute to the Vote Report in the following ways:
- Twitter: include #votereport and other tags to describe the scene on the ground
- SMS: Send text messages to 66937 (MOZES) starting with the keyword #votereport plus other hash tags
- iPhone: We have a Twitter Vote Report iPhone app in the App store!
- Phone: Call our automated system at 567-258-VOTE (8683) to report about conditions, using any touch-tone phone
They also have a telephone line with a human being on the line to record your experiences. So call: 1-866-OUR-VOTE, Tweet, text or get the iPhone app!
Chandrayaan looks back at Earth, enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory
November 4, 2008 By
Earth as viewed by Chandrayaan-1, 29 October 2008
Chandrayaan-1, the first Indian scientific space mission that was launched on 22 October, has beamed back its first images, posted on the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO (here!). Mission scientists say the camera is in perfect working order, great news for them and congratulations on a successful mission so far!
Just today ISRO announced that Chandrayaan entered its Lunar transfer trajectory in the early hours of this morning to bring it on track to enter a Lunar orbit in a few days’ time.
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