On the same day as New Glenn, Starship got Flight 7 off the ground and returned for a second successful test. One of the engines on the booster had already flown on Flight 5.
Unfortunately a fire on Ship resulted in the loss of vehicle and a pretty meteor display over parts of the Caribbean.…
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Congratulations Blue Origin New Glen 1 for making it to orbit on your first attempt.
Screencap NG-1 on Launch Pad
NG-1 Clearing the Tower
I started using Instagram in 2011 with my first post in October of that year. I signed up when I saw a post from a friend, Andrea “Moneta” Brannon on her Virtual Bambi’s Monster Emporium web site. I was immediately enamored with the low fidelity, style filters, and limitations of the platform.…
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Some pictures of SpaceX Starship IFT-6 after it cleared the tower taken from Rocket Ranch Outpost. Pictures taken with Canon R5 with RF 100-500mm lens.
Clearing Tower
Clearing Tower Closeup
Rising Above Tower
Exhaust Diamonds
Vertical Ascent
Acceleration
33 Engines Burning
Heading Down Range
Startship in Flight
Startship in Flight
Pre Separation Flight
Booster Separation
Retro Burn for Soft Landing
Soft Landing First Fireball
Empty Tower
At 4PM local time on November 19, 2024, Starship Flight Test 6 was launched. I took the opportunity to drive down and watch the launch with some dedicated space enthusiasts (and the President-elect). I watched the launch from Rocket Ranch Outpost.…
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Took a quick family trip to Colorado over the Christmas break and wanted to post some pictures to share. This trip included driving through. New Mexico, visiting St Elmo ghost town, and a drive up to the Continental Divide at Monarch Pass.…
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With all the changes at Meta and Instagram, it’s a good idea to make sure you have a backup of your content. I have been using Instagram since 2011 and would like to keep all of my historic content,
Meta makes it both extremely easy and very hard to download all of your content.…
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At about 3am on the morning of January 16, 2024, a highway sign was knocked down. The timestamp was noted as it is visible from my home security cameras. After noticing the sign on the side of the highway, I checked the camera and found the minute when the sign went from being a sign to trash on the side of the highway.…
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Below is an archive of some Instagram accounts from over the years. One used to be able to create an Instagram account to share pictures for a hobby or club, or even a pet. When Meta (Facebook) bought Instagram, things started to go downhill.…
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No more excuses. These headphones are perfect. I’ve been looking for the right way to listen to music while I swim. I wanted to break them in a bit to be sure. I can now recommend them.
SHOKZ OpenSwim Pro –
Open-Ear Bluetooth Headphones & 32GB MP3 Player, IP68 Waterproof, Bone Conduction Headphones, Secure Fit for Workouts, Running and Swimming, Built-in Microphone, App.…
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I was doing a bit of vanity googling today and came across a few of my pictures for sale on fake web sites. Make no mistake, these sites are all scams. They set up by robots using scripts that harvest pictures from around the web and build out a respectable looking store complete with credit card processing and working customer service.…
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Out of the blue, I got an email from Microsoft Online Services containing a verification code. Within a few seconds, I got two more. All three messages are in Portuguese. Someone is trying to verify my email address through Microsoft for CPFL Energia, a power company in Brazil.…
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For the last few months I have been seeing an annoying behavior from spammers. At it’s core it is the use of pairs of emails coming in with a time gap to give the impression of validity. The second email gives the impression of a co-worker or supervisor following up on the communication.…
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