Publicons – Public Icons, 88×11 buttons
People must have spent a lot of time making all of these. More at the site. I just spent a minute quickly choosing stuff I like.
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JPL Lunch with NASA Dryden
At lunch today, I decided to venture out and try talking to people. Engineers at JPL are very quiet, but nice once you start up a conversation. At least that’s my experience. Not a single person looked at me for more than a second, and none of them said anything other than one person who…Continue Reading…
Are Macs still overpriced?
Let’s take a look at a comparison between the 13-inch 2.0GHz black MacBook — the one I have been seriously considering getting — and a similar offering from HP. How about the $1543.99 Pavilion dv2000t? Apple: 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo. HP: Same. Apple: 1280×800 resolution 13.3-inch display. HP: 1280×800 14.1″ display. 0.8″ larger (not necessarily…Continue Reading…
Mac. Touché
If Apple users tend to be more educated than the norm, I suspect that it’s because they’re self-absorbed fools who prefer style over substance. I’m writing this in response to visiting Apple.com and seeing the front-page ad, “Touche”. The problem? The PC does use the interjection touché correctly, both times. Correction — three times. I…Continue Reading…
JPL Speaker Series: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Today at noon they had the third presentation in JPL’s summer speaker series with Jim Graf on MRO. He’s the project manager. Also from the MRO team was Dr. Richard Zurek, Project Scientist, who I spoke with after the talk. MRO was launched on August 12, 2005 — less than a year ago. I didn’t…Continue Reading…
Caltech Braun Athletic Center
I went to the Braun Athletic Center at the California Institute of Technology. As a new JPL employee, they gave me a one-day free pass. It’s a nice facility; one of their newer gyms, according to the guy at the reception desk. They have fields for baseball, soccer, rugby; basketball courts, swimming pools, racquetball courts,…Continue Reading…