Category Archives: Tech

Six times lucky

On Friday, July 8th, 2011 I watched our Nation’s very last Space Shuttle launch from the Kennedy Space Center. This was my sixth Space Shuttle launch, which places me in the incredibly lucky category! It was very bitter sweet to watch the last Space Shuttle

Tron Legacy

In what will be the third, and possibly final title, new information was released today at Comic Con 2009 on the much anticipated Tron Legacy. I am still a fan of the title “TR2N”, but I suppose Tron Legacy is more “mass media” friendly. I’m

Listen to Apollo 11 – 40 Year Anniversary Rebroadcast

Nasa is rebroadcasting the Apollo 11 mission from 1969, Man’s first landing on the surface of the Moon! Head over to http://wechoosethemoon.org/ for mission status. Listen to the audio here: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio/

STS-125: The Final Visit

It’s a mission to once more push the boundaries of how deep in space and far back in time humanity can see. It’s a flight to again upgrade what already may be the most significant satellite ever launched. And, for the space shuttle, it’s a

Hubble Scores a perfect 10

This fascinating image is from the Hubble Space Telescope just days after being “rebooted”. Everything looks to be functioning perfectly! Read the full story here.

Your TV won’t work starting in 2009..

unless you have a newer, digital ready TV, or have a converter box! I’m speaking the truth! Read more here: http://www.dtvanswers.com/ The good news is that you can get up to two $40 coupons good towards the purchase of a new converter box. These coupons

Ohio Solar Tour – My report for 2007

What a great tour! There was so much information packed into one day! Where do I start? We started at Owens Community College at 9:00am. There was a great turnout. I would guess about 100 people, up from past years I heard. We had three

Ohio Solar Tour

Coming up next weekend is the annual Ohio Solar Tour. This tour highlights the alternative power options for the State of Ohio. Here is a message on the Green Energy Ohio website, www.greenenergyohio.org. “Encompassing sustainable features beyond solar energy, the statewide event features self-guided, guided

Name that Sunset!

Can you guess where this sunset was taken? Get the full details of this photo here This image was taken where no human has set foot! This is a sunset from the planet Mars. The spectacular image was taken by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.

Are You Ready for Day Light Savings Time in 2007?

In 2005, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act called for various changes such as: A tax credit of up to $3,400 for owners of hybrid vehicles. Increases the amount of ethanol that must be mixed with gasoline. And finally a favorite

Touchdown!

Congratulations to the crew of STS-115! What a crazy mission that was.  

Congratulation crew of STS-115

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-115 successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center today at about 11:15 am. Congratulations and good luck crew of Atlantis!  

Traveling and Teeming with Tech!

How much tech is too much? I might be able to answer that question in the next few months when I’ll be taking some unprecidented steps and using some cutting edge technology during an upcoming vacation and business trip. Why do this? I am a

Huge Security Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

Critical Security Warning Issued. Back door in Microsoft Windows products allow programs to run on your computer, without you knowing, just by visiting a web site! Steve Gibson from GRC, a security specialist, announced on the podcast “Security Now 22: The WMF Backdoor” his findings

New Commodore devices announced

Commodore World announce a new hand held device at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week. Thanks to freddfarkl for the information. Here is a snip an article at the Digital Media Net Community web site: Commodore Multimedia Tower €“ Forging digital music, mobile phone

Old School Geek Goodies

For the past month I have been listening to an online radio station called Slay Radio which, believe it or not, plays nothing but Commodore 64 remixes.The Commodore 64 was the first computer I ever owned, THE reason I love computers, and the reason I

Good clean surfing

Any self respecting geek uses Firefox to surf the web. But now the best browser on the internet is even better with Adblock, and NoScript! Adblock allows you to remove those annoying ads from any webpage, including flash ads. You know flash ads, they blink,