This is it. Tonight. Midnight (or opening time for stores not doing a midnight run) is the launch of the Nintendo Switch. March 3rd, a day many a gamer has been waiting for is finally here. Already friends of mine are waiting outside for the chance to get theirs at midnight, with others planning to …
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NROL-79 Successfully Launched By An Atlas V
Seems like every few months the National Reconnaissance Office is sending another reconnaissance satellite into orbit – yesterday the payload was NROL-79, launched into a polar orbit from Vandeberg Air Force Base on an Atlas V booster in the standard 401 configuration. It was a somewhat early morning launch of a naval reconnaissance satellite. The …
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35 Articles In One Month. Whoa!
Heads up, this article doesn’t have anywhere much to go, it’s just more of a random thought put into text, rather than anything with too much of a point. Anyway, for the month of February I managed to crank out 35 articles – that’s right, for the shortest month of the year I pushed out …
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Xbox Game Pass – It Seems Alright To Me
Upon waking up today I looked through twitter, as I do every day, and found Xbox’s “Major Nelson” tweeting about a new service coming to the Xbox brand: Xbox Game Pass. https://majornelson.com/2017/02/28/introducing-xbox-game-pass-unlimited-access-to-more-than-100-games/ This is pretty straightforward service, from the looks of things: Pay about $10 a month and have a selection of full games to …
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Jim Sterling And The Digital Homicide Lawsuit Madness In His Own Words
In today’s episode of “The Jimquisition”, Jim Sterling finally told the story about Digital Homicide suing him over his covering of their video games on the Steam software distribution service. I covered Jim Sterling and Digital Homicide before, sharing a few videos on the subject – if you haven’t seen those articles, they are worth …
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Why FYE In Wolfchase Closed – My Thoughts
This article is more for the interest of local people who were fans of this particular FYE store, moreso than the average reader, but I still thought it worth publishing here for what it’s worth in the long run. While I do know people who were involved in the store, everything I propose here in …
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Terminal Madness – 1980 Personal Computer Documentary
I stumbled across this gem of a video yesterday and thought it worth sharing – a 1980 documentary from Madison, Wisconsin, about the then-new personal computer scene. The video is a little dry in some regards but it proves to be oddly perfect in its predictions for computers in the future – as a kid …
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FYE In Wolfchase Closes Today
Today, February 25th, 2017, the FYE store in Wolfchase Mall will close for the final time. Now just a shell of it’s former self, this music and movie store served as a central hub for the hunt for music and movies among most anyone in the area, but was especially popular among anime fans. It …
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The Computer Chronicles – Microchip Technology (1983)
In this very early episode of the Computer Chronicles, we take a look at computer chip technology in 1983. 34 years ago 8 and 16 bit CPU’s were dominant, RAM was measured still in the Kilobytes, sometimes megabytes for larger systems, and CMOS was an “emerging technology.” Thousands of transistors on a chip the size …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 1: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Episode Review
Always best to start at the beginning, and here we have the beginning of what would become the much loved Angry Video Game Nerd series, with James Rolfe’s rant about Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, on NES.
The Launch Of Progress MS-05 And The Final Soyuz-U Booster
February 22nd, 2017 marked the end of an era: after 43 years, the final Soyuz-U vehicle launched from Pad 1/5, or “Gagarins Start” at Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, sending the Progress 66 (Internally known as Progress MS-05) supply vehicle to the International Space Station. The Soyuz-U Booster variant is the most flown rocket configuration in history, …
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March 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
You know the drill, a new month, a new set of 4 games, 2 for the Xbox one, and 2 for the Xbox 360, free with your Xbox Live Gold subscription. They may not always be the best games, but they don’t cost you anything extra beyond the price of the service (hence the use …
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50 Years Ago: The Launch Day Of Apollo 1
February 21st, 1967 was the original planned launch day for the Apollo 1 mission. Of course, we all know the fire on January 27th put a grinding halt on the Apollo program until the problems that caused the death of the crew could be isolated and solved An American wouldn’t fly in space again until …
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The Full Mission Of Friendship 7
If you ever wanted to see and hear a complete space flight, YouTube user LunarModule5 has you covered: One of his hobbies is to compile together actual audio and video of missions, combined with simulator produced visuals and some minor editing into complete, comprehensive overviews of entire flights. Mercury-Atlas 6 is one such mission. The …
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First American In Orbit: John Glenn “Friendship 7” 1962 NASA Film
What launch anniversary would be complete without the requisite NASA film from the era about the mission. In this case, this hour long video on Mercury-Atlas 6, John Glenn’s historic first Earth orbit by an American in the Friendship 7 spacecraft. 55 Years Ago: The Flight Of Friendship 7 As I said, this is an …
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