Passing Greatness
Today the world became a little dimmer. Arthur C. Clarke, one of the greatest visionaries and authors of the last century, has died.
For those of you who don’t immediately recognize the name, it was his thoughts which filled the pages of 2001: A Space Odyssey, among many, many other works. He also is responsible for the invention of the communications satellite.
I, for one, will miss his light in my world.
MTV momentarily has a clue
Pretty amazing video short, especially coming from the great white tower of establishment media. Still, I was floored by it.
Speed, distilled
I was piloting the SR-71 spy plane, the world’s fastest jet, accompanied by Maj Walter Watson, the aircraft’s reconnaissance systems officer (RSO). We had crossed into Libya and were approaching our final turn over the bleak desert landscape when Walter informed me that he was receiving missile launch signals. I quickly increased our speed, calculating the time it would take for the weapons-most likely SA-2 and SA-4 surface-to-air missiles capable of Mach 5 – to reach our altitude. I estimated that we could beat the rocket-powered missiles to the turn and stayed our course, betting our lives on the plane’s performance.
Flying the Blackbird at Mach 3.5. Breathtaking.
Updates
In keeping with my tri-monthly posting schedule, here’s what I’m currently digging:
- My new Nissan Xterra. I’m finally experiencing vehicle love, though the gas gods smile not upon me.
- jQuery – I’m really starting to enjoy working with this Javascript framework, especially in concert with some principles of…
- Functional Programming — This is like sex for my logical side.
