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Friday, August 27, 2004
10:44 AMSpace Troubles
The da Vinci project seems to be having difficulty in getting all there paperwork ready for an October 2nd scheduled first flight. (Wired: Bureaucracy Pins Rocket to Earth)
I hope that they can get them sorted out. The X-Prize will be a lot more exciting if there are 2 teams going neck and neck.
Spaceship One is still scheduled for its 2nd flight on September 29th. But they will need to complete another flight within 2 weeks to win the prize. If da Vinchi has their first flight on time and gets a quick enough turn around they have a chance of winning.
da Vinchi's launch platform is rather interesting, they will use a balloon to raise the craft to 70,000 feet and then fire its engines to reach 110,000 feet. It is a concept that a couple of the other teams are also trying to implement, but da Vinchi is the closest to fruition.
I still think that SpaceShip One has the best chance of winning the prize. They are the only team that has actually reached the altitude goal of 100,000 feet. Most of the other teams, including the da Vinchi project, haven't even performed a full round of tests. Still, whatever happens, this is a very exciting time for human space flight.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
9:27 PM
Segway to Fenway
Interesting, seems that there is a Boston Segway enthusiasts club. (By way of this Wired article: Riders Segway Through the Zoo)
11:29 AM
Kerry's Silver Star
"This is what I saw on that day" by William B. Rood, Commander of PCF-23.
(needs a password, get one here, BugMeNot)
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
11:50 AM
Bear of Beer
Bear drinks 36 cans of favorite beer (Boston Globe)
12:06 AM
Spacesuits
If I could only wear one of these in space just once.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
5:02 PM
Bunnies and Sharks
Another new Angry Alien Production:
Jaws in 30 seconds as re-enacted by Bunnies.
Love the bunny ears on the shark.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
10:32 PM
Bulkhead
For some reason or another he comes to your mind late on a summer's day. Tim. The (mad) monk who lived in your Mother's basement the summer you were 4. He was in some way a family relation, but no one ever told you how. His order was small and dying, some odd offshoot of the Jesuits, or maybe the Benedictines, you were never good with the history or hierarchy of the Mother Church.
He had a glass eye. His left. It was poorly made, and ill-kept. You swore that there was a crack that passed through the iris, a crack that your cousin Jane said went straight to hell. Jane said things like that, and you always believed her. She said that he had lost his eye in a freak Seminary school accident.
He hardly left the basement at all. Only on Sundays, when he would go to Saint Quirinus and give his confession to Father Anthony and take of the host.
You would spy on him then, follow him from behind. Sometimes you would try and imitate his habit. But your mother would get mad when you came back with her sheets all muddy.
Years later, in High School you try and find out more about him for some family history project that Ms. Argyle had assigned. Your Mother does not tell you anything. She says there never was a Tim, that you imagined it all. When you ask Jane she just laughs and walks away.
There is still a simple wooden cross on the wall of the basement. You find an old photo behind a painting of the Virgin Mother. A man and your mother, in happier times.
Your mother won't talk about that either.
11:43 AM
The sailing life for me
Captain Duckworth and his pigs:"Back the yards, back the yards; lower a boat, there's a pig overboard; my pig - pig - pig will be drowned," Duckworth had stammered.
From The Bounty, by Caroline Alexander, page 198.
"It's our pig," a watching midshipman had interjected.
"What - what? their pig - their pig; Keep on course ... we must not risk - risk - risk men's lives for a pig...."
7:08 AM
Stupid Charley
I awoke ready to play golf today, no care for what the weatherman said, or to the noise of rain outside. Today was the day for golf.
My friend Chris who lives in Tampa said, "this is the worst hurricane ever." That is because he spent a day in preparation for a huge storm and it didn't even rain on him. I guess Charley wanted to ruin my day though.
The golf course is closed.
Stupid hurricane, umm, I mean stupid tropical storm.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
11:38 PM
Brains with Tea
I've been reading a lot of new webcomics lately, as you could probably tell by the way the link list keeps growing. Most of them seem to have a fondness for Zombies. (1, 2, 3)
Zombies are the new religion.
12:30 AM
Robert Smith Read My Mind
Curiosa 2004.
I haven't seen the Cure in years, and so I had many high hopes for songs that I would like to hear. I also had a secret desire to hear 3 songs back to back. They are my 3 favorite Cure Songs.
- The Edge of the Deep Green Sea
- Disintegration
- One Hundred Years
BUT THEY WERE PLAYED BACK TO BACK IN THAT ORDER.
Followed up by The Promise which finished off the first set.
Nothing could have made me happier at the show (unless that blonde 2 rows up came home with me.)
PS. The Interpol curse has been lifted.
Thursday, August 05, 2004
10:50 AM
Peasant Walk Thru
This helped me get that 1 extra point I kept missing. Close the drawer, get a point. How considerate.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
4:59 PM
Rather Dashing
New game at Homestar Runner, Peasant's Quest.
Old Skool Style.
16 colors!!!
2 bit mono sound!!!
You need at least a 286 enabled PC or Mac SE.
Also the original game, where you are Trodor, and you get to Burninate instead of getting Burninated.
But first watch the preview, cause it will give you some hints.
Sunday, August 01, 2004
11:23 PM
Afternoon Delight
Another Will Ferrell web movie, a video, for "Afternoon Delight"
12:14 AM
DannyBot
a short film, sung to the tune of Danny Boy.
12:03 AM
I'm Will Ferrell and I approve this message.
In fact, I think that it is awesome.
