Laying the groundwork for the robot uprising
Do you want V’ger? Because this is how you get V’ger. NASA and Google to Announce Huge Kepler Discovery Machine learning drove the breakthrough.
From the dept of “Do as I say”
“During this fire event it is very important to evacuate and not interfere with the fire fighters…. Oh look firemen! Let’s go interview them!” -literally every TV news crew in LA…
Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years
Stories like this that include “had to dig through decades old data…” and “had to learn obsolete programming language” always tickles me… Voyager – Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980. They are located on the back side […]
The Art of Danny Haas
The Art of Danny Haas’s Store | Society6 Shop The Art of Danny Haas Society6 store featuring unique designs on various products across wall art, tech accessories, apparels, home decor and other unique lifestyle goods. Worldwide shipping available
An interstellar visitor…
They say there’s no devil Jim… But there is. I saw it! Straight outta hell!! Commodore Matt Decker Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor Dazzles Scientists – NASA Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through the solar system on a steep trajectory from interstellar space—the first
Walnuts
I like walnuts, but there’s something about that flavor and texture that says “Yeah, you’re eating part of a tree…” -T. Thompson
Max Mueller
New album, new website. Max Mueller’s Ghost Army Details of future operations are currently classified.
Trends – they always suck
One day graphics and UI designers will realize not everything needs to look like it’s been fading the sun for 40 years. But probably not before I go blind trying to read websites and app screens.
A Fallout 4 Mod and some arts
If you have Fallout 4 and the DLCs, you may have discovered the “Vault-tec Population Management System” which takes the physical form of a floor standing console. It looks nice, but I wanted a good old desktop terminal one and not that “made from junk” one that came with the base game. So I made […]
OMGWTF
Damn near every day….
What was that soda on Outlander?
What was that soda on Outlander? This obscure one… X-TRA Beverages The Wolcott Historical Society of Connecticut on the Web.
The Orville
Just saw one of the best Star Trek episodes… Starring Seth McFarlane. #theorville The Orville Synopsis:Set 400 years in the future, Seth MacFarlane’s hit space adventure series follows the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the problems […]
Online Apollo Guidance Computer Sim
Cool… Online Apollo Guidance Computer Simulator Moonjs is an online Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) simulator. It is a port of Virtual AGC by Ronald Burkey from C to javascript/asm.js using the Emscripten compiler.
#robapalooza @ Hightopps; Timonium, MD
Back in the saddle for a Burst of Silence reunion / fund raiser in memory of Rob Balanger Give Summer
Address to St. Paul, Minnesota
Today the forces of liberalism face a crisis. The people of the United States must make a choice between two ways of living — a decision which will affect us the rest of our lives and our children and our grandchildren after us. On the other side, there is the Wall Street way of life […]
JACKPOT!!
Stopped for a smoke, collected $4 others had left in the slot machines. #winning
A true Gold Record
A truly unique disk. Forty Years Later, the Golden Record Goes Vinyl The audio comes from the original tapes that sat untouched in an underground warehouse since the Voyager launched in 1977.
George in the Oval Office
I would like to go to this universe please.
Daniels, MD
Visited this place myself in or about 1990 I had no idea what it was, more of a case of “I think I’ll go check out that old building” it was the white church building in this article’s photos. I don’t recall the car tho. Now entirely reclaimed by nature, the ghost town of Daniels, […]
Robapalooza
Charity concert honoring Rob Belanger and benefiting his charity Cool Kids Campaign Burst of Silence will be performing in it’s various lineups as well as many others. Drop a couple bucks on a good local charity and come see me make a fool of myself in public (again).🤣
_uck _e in the a__, tonight
Luck be in the air, tonight
Consumer Facts
Squeeze ketchup bottles have only one setting: 4000psi jet of liquid tomato death
Cops with RPGs?
What could possibly go wrong? Trump Administration Lifts Limits On Military Hardware For Police The move, announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, is part of a push to boost federal support for local police departments and crack down on crime. It reverses an Obama-era restriction.
You’ll tell the story of…
Tonight, at the Hollywood Pantages Theater – Finally going to SEE the show I’ve been listening to for months!
Just in from the Bad Ideas Desk…
Fuck up your platters for the low low price of just $89!!! *Faceplant* RokBlok – A Different Spin on Vinyl An infinitely portable, wireless record player, that puts a different spin on vinyl. Literally. Why yes, I’d love a little car to drive over my records! How’d you know? 🙄
Et tu?
… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses — (Juvenal, Satire 10.77–81), 100 […]
See Jane. See Jane Drill.
This woman is awesome, I love her channel.
But, people don’t even use blinkers…
It has perplexed me for some time that we have so many ways if gesturing to say “get stuffed jackass” but none to say “sorry!” This is what my car needs – The Oatmeal An item which my car is missing.