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Weekly Rundown 24 Aug 2013 | 09:38 am
This week it is pretty much sci-fi being done here. Most of the interesting science has already been covered, so off to the sci-fi for us. First we will start with news that may be good, or may be dow...
Podcast Blues.... 24 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
hey guys....just wanted to let you know that after a protracted illness, I am on the mend and should hit the Beam Me Up trail once again next Saturday. I am now home and resting well. Thanks to al...
Review: Frankenweenie 24 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Frankenweenie by Tim Burton B+W stop motion Directed by Tim Burton Story by Tim Burton Based on Frankenweenie by Tim Burton Starring Catherine O'Hara Susan Frankenstein Mar...
Mysterious Moon Dust 21 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Any of the Apollo astronauts that forayed to the Moon's surface must have had run in with the sticky, abrasive, and gunpowder-scented moon dust. However no matter how many times we heard about it, no...
What are my bids for this 25 feet tall, 160 feet long and 135 feet wide and weigh around 8.2 million pound launcher? 20 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
What is are 25 feet tall, 160 feet long and 135 feet wide and weigh around 8.2 million pounds? NASA's historic mobile launch platform, or MLPs, famous for holding Saturn 5s and the Shuttle as they m...
Rogue Planets!! 19 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
From The Daily GalaxyIn a huge cloud of gas and dust 4600 light years from Earth in the the Rosette Nebula exists tiny, round, dark clouds. Dubbed "globulettes" these strange formations have the right...
Early days of the PC with Radio Shack's TRS-80 19 Aug 2013 | 05:59 am
Wow, does this bring back memories of high school in the '80s! Early Days of the PC with the TRS-80
Animated short: Girl and Robot 18 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
Here is a cute shot animation done in Steam Punk called Girl and Robot....Enjoy
Voyager Has Left the Building.... 18 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Kall asked the question in last week's RUNDOWN segment, where exactly IS Voyager? Well now, according to Reuters, new research indicates that the craft left the confines of the Solar System last year...
Weekly Rundown 17 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
First off, sorry for going AWOL. It's kind of hard to let people know anything, when nothing works. Everything is now back online, and I am back again. Sorry about that folks. I really need to start b...