Random stuff
When the urge to work comes over you, just sit down and relax, it should go away.
Many asked details about my scope. As stated before, its a Maksutov Cassegrain, more precisely its a Skywatcher MAK90EQ1 with 90mm aperture and 1250mm focal length. While we are talking about star gazing its interesting to note that I won't have to make seasonal watch plans anymore because Universe Today released a 407 pages PDF of daily watch plans for 2006. French readers will also enjoy this nice local sky guide optimized for 45 degree of latitude.
I came across a really nice photo set today. This kind of miracle is only possible with the new democratization of the web. Some beekeeper decided to casually share photos of is hives. Definitely not something I would look for, I stumble on those because of the magic of tags and "interestingness" computation. Had this been put on a personal home page with animated gifs, we would all have missed the birth of a bee, the nobleness of a wild hive architecture, the coziness of a nursery and the graphic comparison of young and old bee wings. Bee wings don't regenerate. Each bee has a fixed flight expectancy. When a forager reach the point where it can barely fly, it stays at the hive and uses its wings almost exclusively for cooling the hive.