Brian Yee

I did get selected for the JSC tweetup next week.  I’ll be heading down to Houston to meet an astronaut, see mission control, and visit other training facilities.  Pretty neat stuff.

Well, I wasn’t selected for the first NASA tweetup.  I signed up for the “runner-up” tweetup at JSC.  Still pretty neat, getting to see the Mission Control Center during a running shuttle mission.  I’ll find out if I was picked in a few days.  I’m trying not to get my hopes up.

I saw Air Force One earlier today as it flew over Dearborn.  President Obama spoke at the University of Michigan earlier today.  Using the NOTAM information, I knew the approximate arrival time and kept an eye out.  Here’s the photo I snapped:

Pretty neat that I got to see it…

NASA announces tweet up to view the launch of Atlantis.  NASA will pick 150 people at random that sign up on their site.

Hrm, I’ll be signing up — and if I’m one of the 150 picked — I think that’s too good of a deal to pass up.  There’s also a second place tweet up at JSC.

Count me in.

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/tweetup.html

Strangely enough, found this via 37signals, but was still a nice read.  Best tip: #5, use your guitar’s volume knob.  I’m still working on how to use that to its fullest.

25 Secret Ways to Get the Guitar Tone of Your Dreams.

The image says it all.  Something is seriously wrong with American “news”.  I’m crying right now…

From: Tiger Woods returns to golf – Boing Boing.

This is back from 2000.  I still think about this every now and then and thought I’d post it (or re-post it):

Postal Experiments from the Annals of Improbable Research.  Experiments include trying to send all sorts of objects (including a $20 bill in a clear envelope, to a ski, to a deer tibia) through the US Postal Service to see what gets delivered and what doesn’t.

This is an interesting project.  Guy with a custom wood-burning weber can get up to 1000 degrees.  Perfect for making pizza.  This inspires me to work on getting better pizza out of my grill.  Reminds me of weber_cam’s firedome.

Home (PizzaHacker).

This is a great idea from Parent Hacks.  When kids are helping with mixing and measuring, put the bowl over the open dishwasher door.  When you’re done — close it and the dishwasher wash cycle will clean up the mess.  Done.  Easy.

Link.