The Northern Sky

There is a clear northern sky out there. I bought a book to identify the constellations. I wanted to do that for a while. The weather is still a bit cold to sit outside.

A Japanese company has produced a cute little projector that can project a night sky image onto the ceiling. The little thing can also rotate the image slowly to simulate the movement of the stars over a 24 hour period, and throw you a few comets once in a while.

This little projector no bigger than a soccer ball has a price tag of HK$1500. I think they price it to target only 3 kinds of people: 1. true geeks who buy all fancy technologies; 2. idiots who give in to their girls' romantic daydreams; and 3. men who are desperate to make their girls happy.

For whichever reason you find yourself sitting under a starry sky, try to do nothing but stare at the stars. That is sweet.