Space (dot.com!) published an article about NASA’s DART mission by Meghan Bartels. It starts off fine, with a description of the mission and its historic first-ness. The factual section ends with: It’s just one rock, just a small change. Just to reduce the odds that we humans go the way of the dinosaurs. But DART’sContinue reading “Insanity – In Space”
Author Archives: Mark
Too Much Music
Years ago, The Laird ripped all of our CDs to a NAS. Then we rearranged the computers and I never got around to getting the NAS hooked up. After the move, I did, although it took more effort than expected: I had lost the power supply, but Chris’s found one for me. It’s running anContinue reading “Too Much Music”
VR Up
The old computer had no USB-C port and didn’t have the gumption to do VR, anyway. I’ve got both Oculus and Steam up and running. The USB-C cable that comes with the Oculus is WAY too short. I’ll look for one when I go looking for mono-to-RCA cables and a UPS at Chris’s (support localContinue reading “VR Up”
Trench First
I highly recommend getting any desired trenching work done before doing anything else to one’s yard. We’re getting our power lines buried because we want a second floor deck. As the power lines exist, they would either take off your head or electrocute you when you walked across the deck. The trench was dug, conduitContinue reading “Trench First”
Kantai Kessen
A brilliant (if one believes it) analysis of the 2020 election and aftermath: The Left attempted decisive victory (“Kantai Kessen” is approximately “Decisive Victory Doctrine”) and instead got a Pyrrhic victory (if you don’t know the origin of that phrase, follow the link; it’s interesting). It’s one of those articles that seems so reasonable thatContinue reading “Kantai Kessen”
First Linux VM
Hyper-V does not work with Windows 10 Home. One needs the Pro edition, for which Microsoft conveniently supplies an upgrade button. Oh, you need $100, too. I was more worried about the fact that I only have the installation image that came with the computer as backup than the $100. Virtual Box was suggested asContinue reading “First Linux VM”
New Computer
It’s back! The RMA process was painless and quick, although there was round-trip shipping involved. Congratulations to CyberPowerPC for that. The new monitor, which has been sitting unpowered, just teasing me: I had dual monitors. The white block in the middle is the full-screen size of one of them. I had thought 1920×1080 was aContinue reading “New Computer”
On Killing a Main Character
This is a “I don’t want to lose track of my comment” (lunchtime) post. There was an open thread over at Mad Genius Club, so I asked about killing main characters, having recently read a one-star review from a reader furious that it had been done.
Strategic Thinking
I stumbled across a great article on strategic thinking: Reflection on Failure, by Major Matthew Tweedy, USMC. So far, I’ve only made as far as him showing himself to not be a strategic thinker with this antique thought: “The goal of education is the right ordering of human life.” While wonderfully 19th century and EnlightenedContinue reading “Strategic Thinking”
Righteousness
A great post from ammo.com about Righteousness and Force in America. Read the whole thing, as they say.
Marked Up 