'Technology' Category
Casual Friday — Fetch!
Yes, this is downright silly, but still a fun invention from a technical perspective…
Casual Friday — Babbage’s Difference Engine #2
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was a computer pioneer who invented some interesting (and quite workable) mechanical computers, but never got around to actually building them…
Casual Friday — The Machine That Changed the World
Courtesy of Andy Baio via Waxy.org come digital scans of a 1992 VHS documentary titled The Machine That Changed the World. It’s a beautifully produced documentary on the history of computing…
Casual Friday — Phoenix (nearly) on Mars
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely run across some of the barrage of internet coverage of the upcoming (this Sunday!) arrival of the Phoenix lander at Mars. While you’re waiting for the big event, you can watch this fun bit of video courtesy of the Phoenix project…
The scientific tourist #21 — Little Joe II
This week’s picture comes from the New Mexico Museum of Space History, in Alamagordo. It’s of a “Little Joe II” rocket, with boilerplate Apollo command module & escape tower up top…
