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So the other night it was my turn to cook dinner. Knowing I had to use some ground turkey so it didn’t go bad, I had to figure out what I was going to make. Looking through my Read more
Well, I’m stealing space.com’s title here. Nothing wittier coming out of my head.
Just wish that I could actually save a copy of videos like this. Its nothing entertaining, but it is a rare photo-op… that of a Read more
NASA has officially given up on re-establishing contact with the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. I have some personal attachment to these little guys. Well, I have some attachment to the Red Planet Read more
In my continuing coverage of all things related to the not-quite-a-starship Enterprise… Well, SpaceShipTwo cleared another milestone with its first flight test of the ‘feathering’ system it uses to remain stable during re-entry.
Keep in mind, its a Read more
The AMS, which I blogged about a few weeks ago, is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which was recently installed (earlier today) on the space station by the Shuttle Endeavor’s crew:
(Here it is being taken out of Endeavor’s Read more
Well I assume they are Americans… certainly seems consistent with how I’m starting to regard my fellow American… (with disgust and disdain).
I consume a lot of news from the interwebs… and its all too popular to comment Read more
Today is a sad, sad day… marking the conclusion of one of the longest running SciFi television franchises… After tonight… the Iris will close.
Over the course of my 11+ years on Stargate, I have almost always been surprised Read more
Sunny asleep in his realm. He’s fully transitioned himself into outside cat for the summer. He only comes in to demand that i serve his meals out on the linai. 🙂
At first I was thinking it was something I saw on TV, but now I’m thinking it was dream… unless someone else saw it on TV..
But yeah, two people dressed up as fae, and on someone’s hand Read more
…and exactly the kind of innovative solutions that America should be pursuing with religious abandon.
Its always nice when Nevada is a leader.
Original Article: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20110505/NEWS/110509843/1001&parentprofile=1058
The jist… Carson City, my state Capital, has found a better means Read more
(probably ‘cause he does this for a living)
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/05/how-wrestling-is-killing-science-fiction/comment-page-2/#comment-19246
Read it. Then weep. Then, have a blessedly wondrous day.
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The space shuttle Endeavor is poised for its final launch (unless United Space Alliance’s bid to operate the shuttles as private spacecraft proves fruitful) today.
Its the baby of our shuttle fleet, assembled mostly from spare parts, authorized Read more
Today my dog officially becomes a senior citizen. At least in my eyes. I guess 7 is the magic number when dog food changes from ‘adult’ to ‘senior’ status. He’s been on that diet for awhile now.
Taking Read more
The second of these was just a neat pic I wanted to share with you. VSS Enterprise completed its fifth, and so far longest, glide test on Friday, April 22, above the Mojave desert.
Here is the Enterprise Read more
Did you know that today is the 50th anniversary of manned-space-flight? It’s also the 30th anniversary of the US Space Shuttle Columbia’s maiden launch.
Pictured here is Discovery during take-off on the STS-114 mission.
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What I find in my inbox these days is fun. Having recently retaken control of dragonscapes.net (not to mention bringing dragonscapes.org back to life)… I’ve taken the opportunity to setup some catch-all email addresses for these domains.
Curious Read more
Today is an interesting day in the land of the interweb. For two long dormant and forgotten domains have had new life breathed unto them.
DragonScapes has a pulse.
What’s particularly fortuitous is that the .net copy of Read more
So today is supposed to be hot. Summer hot. Next week, well, we’re back to cool. Late winter cool.
Such is the yo-yo of weather we Renoites enjoy twice annually… driving to work with the heater cranked on Read more
I’ve been meaning to put up a brief testimonial on this guy for a week or so now. Its pretty rare these days that my standards (not expectations) are met, and even rarer that they are exceeded.
Yeah, Read more
With virtually unlimited space and bandwidth… and the ability to lock down portions of that space, I’m finally able to move to a cloud-based world for file-storage. Which in my case means just synchronizing files between my computer Read more
Thanksgiving – Entering someone’s home to spread disease
Christmas – Ghosts terrorizing rich people until they agree to pay their employees more
credit: The Internet
In our society, those who act responsibly are penalized and those who flaunt the social compact are rewarded.
This is not good for anyone.
Pretty sure the second American Civil War has begun
I’ve never forgotten you, sweet girl. I’m sorry I failed you.
