I guess small towns like Seattle, even though it’s fairly cerebral and book’ish, may never partake in this kind of book event. Good for you San Francisco, hope you enjoyed your Naughty Librarians Convention.

On behalf of geeks everywhere, including those that make passes at girls that wear glasses, we’re looking forward to NLC 2009!

Astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past found nine young, compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of our Sun. Each compact galaxy is only 5000 light years across which is a fraction of our own grown up Milky Way but contains roughly the same number of stars.

A planet in a compact galaxy would see 200 times more stars in the sky than you do from Earth. Get the full story from HubbleSite.org.

Talking about this invention at PhotoBasement just couldn’t do it justice. Please go forth and admire the chutzpah of some twisted inventor.

It comes from this 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics hosted by Modern Mechanix.

Akhenaten wasn’t the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead.

So concludes a Yale University physician who analyzed images of Akhenaten for an annual conference Friday at the University of Maryland School of Medicine on the deaths of historic figures.

Today’s my birthday, I choose to start the day off with Booth Babes + Pirates. Great Combo, eh? Let’s hope the rest of the day fairs as well.

“Pirates of the Burning Sea” Promo: