Deduckto

Deduckto Duck
Someone gave me the card game Deduckto as a gift. I played a few times with friends and immediately liked the game play. It is effectively Clue played with cards instead of pawns on a board. You are trying to guess three attributes based on feedback from the other players.… Read the rest “Deduckto”

NYC Day 4

Pictures from final day in NYC. Took a walk in search of a bagel near Mandela Corner. Later walked toward East River to see United Nations building. Last night there was quite a bit of snowfall — night for building a little snowman and a snowball fight.… Read the rest “NYC Day 4”

Day 2 in NYC

Visited The Friends Experience, The Met, Seinfeld & Kramer Apartment, Times Square, and Broadway Central Perk Peep Hole Holiday Armadillo The Met Central Park Belvedere Seinfeld & Kramer Apartment Grand Central Grand Central Detail Joe’s Pizza Lion King Times Square

New York View

Pictures from a walk around midtown. King Kong Observation Deck North South Public Library Rockefeller Rink Rainbow Room Radio City Times Square McCarthy’s

IFT-7

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.… Read the rest “IFT-7”

New Glenn 1

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

Instagram Detox

Picture of a 35mm camera anthropomorphized, sitting in a chair, IV saline drip bag on a pole with tube leading to camera's arm
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.… Read the rest “Instagram Detox”

Flight of Starship IFT-6

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