Month: February 2010

Awesome workshop panorama

Awesome workshop panorama

Check out UK maker John Honniball’s sweet workshop panorama. This is an almost-360-degree panorama of my computer and electronics lab and workshop room. The four big CRT monitors that you can see were obtained from FreeCycle, as was the iMac. Far left is a Stag PPZ EPROM programmer. At the right-hand end are the HP […]

NYCR 48-hour hackathon

NYCR 48-hour hackathon

Brooklyn-based hacker collective NYC Resistor is holding its first 48-hour hackathon this Friday starting at 6pm and ending Sunday, February 14th at the same time. You can work by yourself or with a team, and if you don’t have a team/project we’ll assign you to one. The format is open, you’re welcome to come and […]

You launch some, you scrub some

You launch some, you scrub some

Spaceflight is complicated, with many constraints and requirements that must be met before all systems can claim “go” for launch. Unfortunately for STS-130, this evening’s “dynamic” weather proved to be too risky for this morning’s launch. Endeavour’s first launch attempt was scrubbed at 4:30 AM EST. The good news? We get to try it again […]