Been a good long while since I really wrote anything about computer tech or software on the modern front, but then again there hasn’t been too much going on that’s really received more than an “oh, okay” reaction from me. In this case, though, I’ve got a bit more of a reaction to Firefox 57 […]
Category: Thoughts and Rants
The Backlog Keeps Growing / What’s To Come
Game Player’s Gametape Vol. 1 No. 6: Ultra Games
Cygnus OA-8 Successfully Launches To The International Space Station
On Sunday morning an Orbital ATK Antares booster launched from pad 0 at Wallops Island, Virginia, carrying the SS Gene Cernan, a Cygnus cargo vehicle carrying 3 tons of supplies, to orbit for a resupply mission to the International Space Station. This mission marks the 8th resupply mission by Orbital ATK under NASA’s Commercial Resupply […]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 Engine Fails On The Test Stand (And Commentary On Fan Reactions)
In doing my usual space news perusing yesterday I came across news that a SpaceX Merlin engine had “exploded” on the test stand. As it would turn out, the engine didn’t explode, but what did happen is still interesting enough to discuss here. The article also shared a bit of new information with me that […]
The Flight Of Apollo 4 – 1967 NASA Film
A Vega Rocket Successfully Launches The Mohammed VI-A Satellite For Morocco
Coming a week after the launch of a Minotaur-C, we have the launch of a very similar looking booster – the European Space Agencies Vega rocket, this time carrying the Mohammed VI-A satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco. This booster, of course, launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. At first glance, one […]
Why I’m Not Buying An Xbox One X – For Now, Anyway
Today, November 7th, marks the release day for the Xbox One X, a console I’ve been waiting years for. Specification wise, the machine is a powerhouse, to be sure – currently, it’s the “most powerful” game console available, and honestly I want it. That simple. I want to go out and buy one today. Well, […]
The Future Of Nintendo
Ah, Nintendo. The most darling of gaming companies to most any gamer, especially one born between about 1980 and 1995. Nintendo brought gaming back in the United States after the video game crash, and it never really went away. While I’ve, rather hilariously, had people in the past at places I’ve worked seem surprised to […]
Spin Street Is Closing
I think it’s safe to say most people in Memphis at least know of Spin Street – even if they haven’t shopped there before, it’s impossible to travel past the Poplar and Highland intersection and not notice the giant signs advertising the store, the posters along the windows, the giant Elvis standee above the entrance […]
The Taurus Rocket Returns To Flight, Now Known As The Minotaur-C
Yesterday, October 31st, marked the return to flight of the Taurus booster after having been upgraded and renamed the Minotaur-C. Minotaur-C is one of those rather unique boosters that a vast majority of people know nothing about. In the original Taurus designation, it made 9 flights between 1994 and 2011, 3 of those resulting in […]
What’s Coming For November 2017 On Xadara
October always seems to go fast – far quicker than any other month. Next thing you know, bam! It’s November, the beginning of the dreaded “holiday season.” Thankfully, I won’t have to deal with the holiday season as directly as I used to, which hopefully will allow me more time to cover things I haven’t […]
Something Isn’t Quite Right Around Here – An Update
So, I’m certain some regular readers will notice something is a little off about the site. It’s been that way for a while, actually, ever since upgrading to Graphene 2 – some elements of the site haven’t rendered correctly, and it’s honestly caused more trouble than you can imagine. So, to make a very long […]
Koreasat-5A Is Successfully Launched On A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
The Kinect Is Dead
So, in more gaming news over the past few days, Microsoft announced that they were ending sales of the Kinect accessory and, I can only presume, no more game software will be released that supports, or at least none that will absolutely require, the device. I’d say, about time. While the Kinect in principle isn’t […]