taken with my Pixel 4 Well, here in lovely Austin, Texas, we were on the edge of the total solar eclipse.  Around 1:36 PM Central, we experi...

Watched:  06/23/2023 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director(s):  John Bruno, Ray Quint, Andrew Wight Like everyone else, I spent last wee...

Watched:  09 and 10/2021 Format:  Television Apple+ Viewing: First Decade: 2020's Director:  various For more ways to listen Juan and Ry...

Watched:  08/20/2021 Format:  HBOmax Viewing:  Unknown Decade:  1990's Director:  Steven Spielberg For more ways to listen and 18 year o...

Physicist Stephen Hawking has passed .  Hawking was not just one of the finest minds of our era, but a brilliant communicator for scie...

Closer Than We Think from Clindar on Vimeo . I was sent this video by pal-Andrew (Jamie's brother's wife's brother), and no...

I guess back in January, my pal Paul suggested I read The Martian (2011) by Andy Weir.  I know this because I keep a list of books I've...

Today marks the birthday of Neil Armstong, the first human to step foot on The Moon. Next time you're feeling cocky, just remember,...

It's Sci-Fi movie day on Turner Classic Movies, and I'm doing some encoding of home videos and watching of movies on cable. I firs...

From PBS.org From NASA

I often forget to mention that I watch Mythbusters nigh religiously. Yes, they blow things up real good in most episodes.  Yes, I am curio...

Marshall asks: What do you think of 3-D printers? Are you excited? Do you have plans? Or do you think, "Oh, man I don't even...th...

author's note:  2012 is a year I have been looking to put behind me for quite a while for any number of reasons.  Obviously the events ...

Quick Superman related notes... I wasn't off the plane yet and was checking email, and got a note from CanadianSimon about this week&...

I had tried to watch this guy, Felix Baumgartner, jump several times, and he kept getting delayed.  So I was quite pleased when PalMatt post...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong , possibly the most well known of all astronauts, has passed at the age of 82 . Armstrong was part of the A...

Way to go, SCIENCE!!!! We're making tracks on Mars. Hello, Mars.  We R on U. Here for many more pics Go ahead and ask, David.....

I am very sad to say that Sally Ride has passed at the age of 61 after fighting pancreatic cancer. Sally Ride was not the first name o...

That the original USS Enterprise is an amazing starship. thanks to Jordan for the video and link. Apparently this was a fun panel a...