I can’t think of any other famous person’s death affecting me like the death of Steve Jobs. My first reaction was “I knew he was very sick and it wasn’t a surprise. In fact, I just lost a coworker to the same cancer, pancreatic, last week so on one level I was prepared. However, remembering [...]
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More on Steve Jobs
October 6, 2011
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Historical Wind Damage
August 8, 2011
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From the Weather Underground: Did you know that… Over eighty aircraft were destroyed by wind gusting to 116 mph on this date in 1989 at Henderson Sky Harbor Airport and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Total damage was estimated at $14 million. I totally don’t remember this.
Feeling good about American creativity
August 7, 2011
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I just spent the weekend at Defcon 19, a hacking convention here in Las Vegas. Defcon, coupled with my experience at the STS-133 NASA Tweetup, gives me hope for the future. People are creative. People are amazing. We build. We make. We create. We break things and build them up again. Although we are living [...]
Space Shuttle Retrospective
July 22, 2011
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Amazing video with clips from all of the Space Shuttle missions. Well worth a watch.
Welcome back, Endeavour
June 2, 2011
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I stayed up and was watching the landing streaming live online and had started from before the deorbit burn. The Commander had handed over control of Endeavour to the pilot for a few seconds (a NASA tradition) just before landing when the video stream quit. I got it going again in time to hear “Wheels [...]
Green River Whitewater Rafting Trip
December 31, 2010
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I have posted photos of a great 5.5 day rafting trip in Utah here. Enjoy!
Springs Preserve Christmas Festival
December 28, 2010
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I posted some photos of our trip to the Springs Preserve on December 18. Enjoy.
Kids and Questions
December 17, 2010
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Space Shuttle Engineering Videos
December 14, 2010
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Absolutely stunning videos! You may want to pop this video into its own window and watch in high definition.
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