This isn’t an entirely new phenomenon — yokels have been shooting at planes for a long time. When I was stationed at Dover AFB, we’d occasionally find a bullet hole in the empennage, presumably fired by someone who didn’t know how to lead an aircraft, even one as large as a C-5, on approach.
North Korean ‘Poop Balloons’ Close Seoul Airport in Another Harassment Raid Wait until they set them on fire
And so here we are, at the end of it all in June. It’s a cliche at this point, but my god does time slip on by so much faster the older you get. The first six months of this year might as well be a blur, so I’m hoping that writing down a weekly … Read More
I printed out this Bulbasaur planter for one of my succulents
There’s a popular belief that Google, and the internet in general, started going to shit the day it killed the beloved Google Reader. If nothing else, it was the first signal that the fun and experimental Google everyone knew and loved had put on its big boy pants and gotten down to Serious Business (i.e., … Read More
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Power Plant 1. Completed in 1917, it was the first power plant to provide electricity to the city of Los Angeles, using water from the LA Aqueduct to turn waterwheels, generating 28MW of electricity. The power plant still operates today, providing 70MW of power, and two of the … Read More
If you ever wanted to know what a space toilet looked like, here you go This one is from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center
A lot of travel this week, limiting the amount of interesting things I could accomplish this past week. I was in Kansas City, MO for a good deal of it and overall it wasn’t too bad of a time. I stayed at the 21C hotel and you know you’re in for something less than ordinary … Read More
Ken Mattingly’s Space Suit, On Display at the California Science Center in LA