October 2010
8 posts
Stopped for gas & looked at the odometer to see 275275. #fb
Cool! Obama to appear on Mythbusters to highlight science education - http://reut.rs/axxP9B
Watch this entire video. Really. #kudos - Thousands Respond To Fort Worth City Councilman’s ‘It Gets Better’ Message http://n.pr/aZ6uLL
Doing something new today: carrying a symbol after offering. (@ Duke University Chapel) http://4sq.com/609kxR
:-( R.I.P. Benoît Mandelbrot - http://nyti.ms/aCy0RG #fb
Learned how to replace a sink garbage disposal today. #thejoysofhomeownership #fb
Duke Teaching Observatory open house tonight - http://bit.ly/4CV1Hb - Preview of tonight’s viewing - http://bit.ly/bi4Cwn #fb
Fridays aren’t supposed to be as frustrating as today has been. Thankfully things are looking up, though. #fb
September 2010
17 posts
Still waiting to reacquire signal from the @ncnearspace ballon but group has decided to press on to the Hardware Cafe in Warrenton
My iPhoto library is 77GB (59GB of Originals). I think I need to find a way to archive some stuff & make it smaller. #fb
I will be attending BarCampRDU 2010 — http://www.eventbrite.com/s/1BNR #fb
RT @ncnearspace: NSL-3 is scheduled to launch Sunday 8am Sept 26th 2010, Horseshoe Farm Park, Wake Forest. http://ncnearspace.org
My sinuses are not happy right now & they’re preventing me from doing anything useful. :-( #fb
Power is completely out at work. So much for being a computer programmer. #fb
With the power off at work, I went for a bike ride. 3 miles on the mt bike wiped me out much more than 20 miles on the road bike on Sun! #fb
An Afternoon With Adam & Jamie http://flic.kr/p/8CjkZu
Rode 21.25 miles in 1 hour and 49 mins and felt good. About 3/4ths of the way through I had a bit of a cramp in my r… http://bit.ly/cawpKs
Wondering if anyone in Chapel Hill is interested in dinner after the Mythbusters event. #fb
I have a unicycle! (Thx Daniel) Now I need to learn how to ride it. #fb
Our local scout council’s calendar has absolutely no starting or ending times on the events in it! #goodgrief
Dinner with B. (@ California Pizza Kitchen) http://4sq.com/79I4fK
Doh! Just realized I forgot to eat supper tonight. #fb
Hoping for a Stephen Colbert Rally - Restoring Truthiness http://t.co/DNVUwLk
Where I talk about our recent balloon... →
So, lately it seems that I can’t talk about anything else. So, why change.
Here’s a video I did late last week with Nate Johnson of WRAL about the balloon launch that we did. This was…
Man the drummer in this video is nuts! - http://youtu.be/ItZyaOlrb7E
August 2010
28 posts
Time lapse of all of the images from our first launch on 8/22/2010 of our @ncnearspace helium balloon http://t.co/YOrVRnF #fb
First Sunday with Chapel Choir back. (@ Duke University Chapel) http://4sq.com/609kxR
Heading to @wral to record a “Web Weather Extra” about @ncnearspace
At an “Intro to Android Development” session & am amazed by the amount of iPhone envy. Tell me how to do stuff not why it’s so much better.
New blog post: On a lighter note http://clubjuggler.com/?p=159
New blog post: Accumulated Press Coverage http://clubjuggler.com/?p=153
Accumulated Press Coverage →
We have gotten quite a bit more press coverage than I had anticipated. Here’s a list of what I know of so far:
News and Observer: Raleigh balloon hobbyists aim for stratosphere
News and…
On a lighter note →
A vigorous debate: is Fox News “evil” or simply “stupid”?
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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New blog post: Quick Balloon Update http://clubjuggler.com/?p=150
RT @ncnearspace: One of our pictures made the front page of the N&O today!
I would love to sign up for the @nasatweetup today but I’ll be setting up for a national election the day of the tweetup #pollworker
Quick Balloon Update →
I’ll have a more complete writeup later when I can slow down and wrap my head around things, but for the moment here’s a quick update. Our first balloon lost tracking about about 20k feet. Not to be…
Recovered Capsule http://flic.kr/p/8uCvRC
New blog post: Media coverage http://clubjuggler.com/?p=146
Sad that I can’t go to the next @nasatweetup since I’ll be working as an election official the very next day & must setup then. #spacetweeps
New blog post: Near Space Launch http://clubjuggler.com/?p=144
Media coverage →
I just spoke briefly on the phone with Josh Shaffer from the Raleigh News and Observer newspaper. It looks like there will be an article about our balloon launch in tomorrow’s paper. I don’t think…
Near Space Launch →
I’ll write more about this when I get a chance, but this Sunday morning, myself and a group of people will be launching a balloon to “near space” in an attempt to get a picture of black sky and the…
RT @TechShopRDU: We have a press release for Sunday’s #spaceblimp launch. Download it here: http://tinyurl.com/33wxxww
Martin’s Curry Rice - One of the most innovated restaurants I’ve been to in years! Highly recommended. #fb http://flic.kr/p/8tHuCy
A group from @TechShopRDU is launching a balloon to near space on Sunday, 8/22. Come see the launch! Location: http://bit.ly/cYXWpL #fb
Complicated Mechanisms Explained in simple animations - http://bit.ly/9hruq6 (Very cool)
Meeting two friends to pass off stuff too. (@ Schlotzsky’s Deli) http://4sq.com/aTpGoT
RT @llorenzin: OH at @TechShopRDU: That vinyl cutter has attitude. “So you think you’re going to use me today? Fuck right off!”
Sitting next to@llorenzin at @TechShopRDU at the near space balloon planning meeting.