Pity AAA couldn't provide a tow

Quicktime video of the Spirit rover extricating herself from a martian sand dune.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/mer/060705-opportunity.mov

Ways to make Royce freak

Have a power cut-off in the building, shutting down all the terminals. Especially mine, that had my personal flash drive in it...

Fortunately the data seems to have survived.

Mutual Friends?

Okay, I've got about 114 people on my Friends list (yeah, I'm starved for interaction), and until yesterday I had only 59 people who've friended me. Today I'm up to 61. So whoever the two new folk are, please let me know so I acn say "howdy!" :)