Creating worlds in word and art and exploring the universe in which we exist.
"Why have you brought us out here?" Ralph cried, pushing his finger through his hair and gripping it in frustration? "We have to go about two hundred miles and you've brought us probably two hundred light years!" "How did you know that?" Harry asked surprised. "Maybe you're better at space travel than we thought!" "Oh... Continue Reading →
I've been seeing some bits and bobs on SEO, blogging and the internet on Pinterest. I'm storing some of it up so I can share it with you. It's nice and infographic-ie. Let me know if you think this stuff is useful Pinterest link https://pin.it/fg52fwlnwpf3rx Simon 🙂
I saw this on Tumblr and had to share it - this is what the Andromeda galaxy would look like in the sky if our eyes were more sensitive! https://cosmosastronaut.tumblr.com/post/169742302588/beautiful-andromeda-galaxy-how-amazing-would-it Simon 🙂
This seems like a good idea... What do you think? Simon 🙂
A little while ago some of you may remember I wrote a post on Dyson's hair dryer. I mainly focused on why I thought that some geeky advertising was trying to justify a very steep £300 price tag. If you don't remember have a little refresh here Click on the image): In summary I... Continue Reading →
Seriously... what a fucking week! But let's not dwell on this, between all the bits and pieces of my life they conspired against me - hence my relative absence last week. But back to this week, a week I'm hoping will be a bit more fun and more progress in it. I've already made a... Continue Reading →
Nearly five years ago I created this blog. At first it was called rather unimaginatively sfarnell. After some time and after realising my love of all things science fiction and space the blog name was changed to Planet Simon. It was appropriate. Even though I didn't know it at the time I had created a... Continue Reading →
I liked this view of Mars, because it's one you don't get to see very often. I posted this the other week, but since then I've played with the images and joined them together for one seamless shot! I'm quite pleased... Taken from NASA's Tumblr Page Simon 🙂
What is it about Monday's that makes them go wrong? Why can't they be a nice day? A good thing about this Monday is I needed my sunglasses going to work. OK it was later than usual but even so and what has the snow and rain done? The potholes that have appeared over the... Continue Reading →
