Klintron, Author at Technoccult

NASA sending hammer to space

December 2, 2004 / Klintron

Somehow I’d think this would be bigger news, or have I just not been paying close enough attention?

You can learn something about a rock by looking at it. But what most geologists really want is to smack it with a hammer.

And that’s just what planetary scientists will do July 4 when NASA’s Deep Impact mission reaches the comet Tempel 1 after a trip of six months and 80 million miles.

If all goes well, an 820-pound copper “hammer” the size of a bathtub will separate from its mother ship and, 24 hours later, smash into the comet’s icy nucleus at about 23,000 mph.

The Baltimore Sun: The Earth Strikes Back

(via Corridor of Madness)

Masonic Art Gallery

December 1, 2004 / Klintron

Oft Unseen: Art from the Lodge

(via Xiombarg)

Knights Templar seek papal apology for 700 years of persecution

December 1, 2004 / Klintron

Think the Pope will actually apologize?

Seven hundred years after they were denounced as heretics and condemned to torture and death, the Knights Templar are calling for a public apology from the Roman Catholic Church.

The secretive organisation which was formed at the time of the Crusades has written to Pope John Paul II requesting that the Vatican officially atone for the persecution of the order.

The Independent: Knights Templar seek papal apology for 700 years of persecution

(via Xiombarg).

Magickal RPG

December 1, 2004 / Klintron

I don’t really get into RPGs anymore, but this looks interesting:

The Swing is in RPG (Role-playing Game). The basic premise of The Swing is that Reality is like the swing of a pendulum. Sometimes it swings in one direction; sometimes it swings in the opposite direction. Sometimes reality is dragons and faeries, sometimes it lasers and computers. The Swing is about making your game into what you want it to be. The Swing is designed around the thought that a person?s WILL can shape reality. A character?s WILL can shape the game, the world and all those within.

(via Xiombarg)
What was the name of that RPG that was based on Burrough’s Interzone stories?

Update: Seems the link to this is dead, but here’s a review of the game

Sleaze SF paperback covers of yesteryear

November 30, 2004 / Klintron

Sleaze Science Fiction Covers

(via Boing Boing)

Haitian Students Explain Voodoo Religion

November 30, 2004 / Klintron

Cool:

Howard University recently catered to the Haitian Student Association, and allowed them to host a program entitled All Souls Day: The Demystification of Voodoo, an Examination of Voodoo in the Caribbean Islands in order to clear up the myths and false accusations regarding the practice of voodoo.

The Hilltop Online: Haitian Students Explain Voodoo Religion

(via Madghoul).