My Hero

Mark Shuttleworth is my hero. Young, smart, rich, and a week on the International Space Station. I am beyond jealous.

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Jan 4, 2025

Hacking yourself a satellite - recovering BEESAT-1
Amazing explanation of hacking into a malfunctioning cubesat
Gasoline Car Review
A review of a gasoline car, mimicking the way automotive writers review EV cars.

Dec 31, 2024

Dec 22, 2024

Amateur radio enthusiasts receive signals from Voyager 1
Using an old radio telescope, they were able to receive signals from the farthest traveled spacecraft.

Dec 20, 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a super dog
Brian Grubb's brilliant post on Krypto, Superman's dog

Dec 12, 2024

Final Moments of Gukesh Winning World Championship
18 year old Gukesh Dommaraju wins the world chess championship. The energy is wonderful.

Dec 10, 2024

Wildfire Map
The LA Times makes this helpful wildfire map. California has many pluses, but fire season is not among them.

Dec 7, 2024

The Fragility of Bluesky’s Difference
Clay Shirky on Bluesky in the NY Times [Gift Link]

Dec 5, 2024

Undersea Cable Repair
Interesting look at how undersea fiber optic cables are repaired. [Gift Link]

Dec 4, 2024

An Entirely Other Day
Greg's weblog, who almost took as long of a posting break as me.