Build Your Own Lunar Lander Computer ...

Talk about "old school"! Here's a link to building your own working replica of the Apollo 11 LEM guidance computer. It took John Pultorak, who is a 54 year old Lockheed Martin software engineer, 4 years to build and program it in his basement. He even documented the construction and posted the plans here. The computer contained a whopping 4k of RAM!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12

• RT @voycey Reg: CompuServe signs off: AOL shutters classic provider CompuServe http://bit.ly/ixDVs #


• Sigh, fond memories of my first ISP: RT @voycey Reg: CompuServe signs off: AOL shutters classic provider CompuServe http://bit.ly/ixDVs #


• Easy answer for the SiFi rebrand. SiFi was too generic to trademark! Purely commercial reason ... #


• Building brick garden paths is a lotta' work! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

• Checking out Newseum in DC. If you are news junkie this is for you. Lots of tech too! #


• My ride on the DC Metro was interesting. Smoke that smelled like burning insulation came from the last car! #


• Hanging out at a Washington Freedom women's soccer game. Good crowd! Women's sports has come a long way, needs to go even further! #


• These girls (women?) really bring it! Just saw two of them collide racing for the goal. Ouch! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

• Finishing up the Green Bank Star Party. Great speakers, neat hardware to look at, but cloudy weather - drat! #


• On the plus side astronaut Alan Bean speaks tonight. One of the few "free spirits" in the astronaut corp and one of the few to moon walk... #

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Green Bank Star Party

Almost finished with the Green Bank Star Party. The star party is located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. The campground for the party sits in the shadow of the GBT (Green Bank Radio Telescope), the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. This thing is huge! You could drop two football fields inside of it!

The NRAO cafeteria serves great food, we have free showers, and great speakers. The bad news is almost every night has been cloudy. Hopefully tonight (Saturday) will be better.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17

• Twitdroid definitely could use some interface tweaks. Needs a bit more feedback on the sends. #


• Attending the EPA Region 10 Regional Innovation Council quarterly meeting. I'll be demoing Twitter :-) #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10

• At the An Event Apart conference, Jeffry Zeldman speaking on site redesign #


• Jeffrey advocates designing the site from the content out #


• I liked Jefferey's idea of redesigning his blog live and asking for feedback. Eric Meyer (Mr. CSS) up next #


• Eric is like me - nuts 'bolts guy! #


• Ethan m #


• Ethan Marcotte was great! Good tips on the design process and fluid layouts. See him if he is speaking in your town! #


• Eric Meyer is amazing on CSS. His chart techniques are very clever and clean. #


• Looked at a couple of pie chart css solutions. Still haven't figured out what Eric used ... #


• Next up - Scott Thomas, Designer for Obama for America ... #


• Wow! Only two primary designers for the Obama team! #


• Interesting to see how tightly inte #


• Interesting to see how tightly integrated Obama's web team is. Went for very clean, clear message. #


• Used simple graphics that "popped", i.e. the Obama rising sun. #


• Integrated print and web together for the campaign... #


• Projected consistency and strength to counter Obama's perceived inexperience... #


• The web drove participation in Obama's campaign... #


• The flow chart for the voter registration site looks like something from the Far Side strip :) #


• Scott's website: http://thepostfamily.com/ #


• Some advice from Scott, get away from the computer screen, work with your hands, and surround yourself with interesting people .. #


• From GreenBiz.com. Ford's Expedition SUV plant will be the plant to build the All-Electric focus: http://bit.ly/6oKaH #


• Need to plan time for the new Star Trek movie. Hot trailers, great reviews, fresh, young cast - can't miss! #


• RT @NWF: Disappointing Decision on Polar Bear Protection :( http://ow.ly/5OG9 #

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