Astronaut Gene Cernan is the subject of a documentary called The Last Man On The Moon. At one point he is interviewed at his ranch, sitting on his porch staring up at an infinite clear night sky. The camera moves from Gene to show a giant full moon, and he reminisces about having to remind…
I was dreaming. It was one of those “now I’m doing this…wait, now I’m over here” dreams. What turned out to be the final scene took place in the familiar environs of my bathroom at home. For a dream, that’s about as exotic as setting a Bond movie final showdown in Scotland. Yes that actually…
My parents are not the type who like where technology is going. They don’t really trust the internet (Viber – “Get off the phone, this is costing me a fortune”) and fear touch screen technology (IPhones – “I don’t want one, I like to be able to feel the buttons”). Sometimes they ring me with…
Dear Computer, The other day I watched a documentary called Cosmonaut: How Russia Won The Space Race. In it, an engineer from the original Sputnik launch, talked about plotting a precise course for the rocket. It was an extremely complicated endeavor, making sure the angle of trajectory would deliver the satellite into a gentle orbit….
