January 2010
35 posts
Just back from a grocery run. The roads, while not great, are better than I expected. #snOMG
Just taught my 8 year old son how to solder for Odyssey of the Mind. I think I’ll now go do something less stressful … like skydiving.
RT @Astro_Jeff: First thing I did on internet? Order my wife some flowers. They arrived a few days ago. It was a hit. Commerce from space!
Just bought plane tickets to attend the @NASA tweetup in Houston on Feb 17. Glad my parents live there (free lodging!).
Absolutely HATE this “Secure Flight” program from the airlines & TSA. STUPID for those of us who go by our middle names.
found the geocache Caches for Chickens - RRCR http://coord.info/GC1YB42
found the geocache A little bit of Morehead City in Durham http://coord.info/GC1YAFA
found the geocache Line of Longitude http://coord.info/GC23DV8
Snowing at Southpoint Mall in Durham. http://flic.kr/p/7ziDUC
Holy cow! I just got invited to go to the @NASA tweetup on Feb 17 in Houston. Now I need to figure out how to get there!
Wondering just how packed the supermarkets are today with people preparing for this weekend’s “French Toast Emergency”.
Astronomy Days at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences postponed by one week and made into a 1 day event - http://bit.ly/bMN4qL
At our very first Cub Scout den meeting. http://flic.kr/p/7z7qKU
High Power Rocketry http://post.ly/L38w
*snort*! “Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant” - http://i.imgur.com/MnEDT.jpg
High Power Rocketry →
I started building model rockets when I was in 3rd grade. The first rocket I ever built was an Estes Wizard (with the old paint scheme, not the new ugly one). With my cousins, I built and…
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High Power Rocketry
I started building model rockets when I was in 3rd grade. The first rocket I ever built was an Estes Wizard (with the old paint scheme, not the new ugly one). With my cousins, I built and launched model rockets continuously all through elementary school until I went off to high school. I took a bit of a break through college but about 15 years ago or so I started back again. About 10 years...
The Duke Teaching Observatory has an open house tonight - http://bit.ly/4CV1Hb - & it’s clear skies with a new moon & mild temperatures. Yay
ran 2.36 mi on 1/14/2010 at 2:51 PM with a pace of 12’58”/mi http://bit.ly/78NEJ7
The Duke Teaching Observatory has an open house this Friday night at 6:30pm - http://www.cgtp.duke.edu/~plesser/observatory/
Got my office floor cleaned up. First time I’ve seen that floor in a couple of years! Still need to clean desk & shelves but later on that..
Lunch at the Wingate College cafeteria. http://flic.kr/p/7unLhx
At the NC Odyssey of the Mind Problem Captain training session at Wingate University.
Roll Tide!
Finally got the invitations out for the “Meet the Mikado Makers” party on January 16 - http://bit.ly/8rIjRF
“Please fix the following errors in order to proceed: * Sorry, Free Day has officially ended.” #sparkfail :-(
Having fun watching jklGoDuke do tech support for her parents in MO using screen sharing in @skype (her on Mac, them on Vista).
Hey cool! The @fatcyclist will be on The Story ( http://thestory.org ) tomorrow. Will definitely have to tune in for that.
Only 5 more space shuttle launches to go. :-( http://bit.ly/5VFKFg I definitely need to make it to at least one of them!
New blog entry: H1N1 Clinics Held at Local Schools this Saturday http://southernkindoflife.com/?p=187
Just entered the Nexus One free phone giveaway - to enter just follow @nexusonenews and retweet http://bit.ly/742J6B #nexusone
Follow @jason to win one of ten Nexus One phones today #freenexusone
Might as well try for one of the free Nexus One giveaways, even though I do still like my iPhone. #coolgadgets
“Space shuttle Endeavour launch tickets go on sale Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. ET” (for Feb 7 launch. Wish I could go!)
ran 2.37 mi on 1/4/2010 at 3:42 PM with a pace of 13’08”/mi http://bit.ly/4vD6rp