APOD: 2010 August 6 – The Not So Quiet Sun. Well, now I know what was causing all those crazy lightening storms.  The sun is done being at solar minimum.

The folding@home project started back in 2000. The idea is that thousands of computers all over the world donate their spare processor time to performing hugely complex mathematical computations that normally take supercomputer strength. People have been using their game consoles for the task as well, and for some reason, (I’ve never understood) PlayStation owners seem to be particularly fond of this. I thought it was a cool idea (though I’ve never done it myself), [...]