Great interview with Spaceman Spiff, err, Colonel Hadfield.
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
11Years After: Paul Wellstone, Gone But Not Forgotten | NICK COLEMAN
Don’t get me wrong, I like Al Franken. But I know I missed something about the era of Paul Wellstone. You could tell it even from being on the outside. He’s been gone 11 years now and you can still feel the loss up here.
Too bad someone isn’t picking up the baton.
The Preventive Maintenance You Need to Do On Your Car (and When)
Good, basic advice for you fellow car owners out there.
The life and death of Buran, the USSR shuttle built on faulty assumptions | Ars Technica
An interesting story on the not-ready-for-prime-time Russian shuttle. Learned a feew things and I actually followed this story for a time.
Author Interview: Simon Winchester, Author Of ‘The Men Who United the States’ : NPR
Into the second chapter. Just a wonderful pleasure to read thus far.
RJD2 Explains How He Builds Songs From Scraps : NPR
I’m basically a rube now and know nothing of modern music but I enjoyed hearing how this artist structures new sounds.
Yellowstone Shooting Death: 3-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Shot Herself With Handgun
As sad as this is, the one thing I am glad of is that it took this long for such a horrible thing to happen.
National parks for enjoying the beauty of creation, not to “git yer gun hard on on”.
On Being Neighborly | The Art of Manliness
Just damn good advice.
Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
There is a lot about technology that are going if not already gone.
Sunday Morning covered this as well:
- which I can’t find anymore but here is a David Pogue article it was likely based on. And a follow-up article from another source.
Chris Kluwe Is the NFL’s Geek Hero | Underwire | Wired.com
It is an interview with Kluwe. Give it a listen.