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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…

attitude towards war

Air Marshal Burridge … said that he doesn’t concern himself with the ground-level details of an operation. A reporter asked him in a rather nasty tone if he didn’t think the British public mightn’t be concerned by their overall commander saying he doesn’t concern himself with “details.” In case it isn’t immediately obvious to you…Continue Reading…

Cingular Stinks

Cingular just sent me a “free” text message which caused my phone to beep loudly and interrupt my work. It says: “Get current CNN News, local weather, ESPN and more on your phone!” This is an advertisement. It’s unsolicited commercial SMS. It’s spam. I’m a paying Cingular subscriber. Don’t send me adverts without warning.

Global Mosaic

The Broth is a Global Mosaic in Ajax. It’s stunning. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this sooner. Luckily, I stumbled into it while researching Ajax editors. I highly recommended that you check it out.

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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…