A big piece of gaming news this week that I just had to put my say into is the leak by GameStop employees of the details of a policy called “Circle of Life”, which basically is a quota set that each store, and its employees, must reach each month. These quotas are in all but […]
On the tail end of January each year, NASA does its “Day of Remembrance” where they honor the astronauts who have died not just in active missions but also in training accidents, tests, or other situations. Of course, the heavy focus is spent on 3 particular missions: Apollo 1, STS-51L, and STS-107. Apollo 1, as […]
Another video from Jim Browning today, this one another case of him hunting down the people behind a pop-up based tech support scam. Sure enough, much like the previous tech support scam video I shared, a quick bit of detective work on Jim’s part gets him in touch with a very nervous sounding company owner. […]
This video, which was shared in my post last year about Challenger, details the events of the disaster. It explains the root causes of the disaster and takes an extremely detailed look at the 73 second flight of Challenger, the development of the fire plume in the right SRB, and the eventual disintegration of the […]
News spread rather quickly following the fire of Apollo 1. This was back when news really focused on telling the story, rather than on what ratings it will bring in – certainly a different time in media. In any case, many news reports, or snippets from such, are available online. Here are a few more […]
Ad Astra Per Aspera “A rough road leads to the stars” 6:31 PM Eastern Time, January 27th, 1967 This post was shared at 5:31 PM on January 27th, 2017, exactly 50 years to the instant from when the fire happened. It was originally set to share via social media, but didn’t for some reason.
This is a day I’ve been thinking about for many years now, as I rekindled my love of space flight and its history – The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, and event which nearly killed the Apollo program, but at the same time caused such improvements to the spacecraft that it may have […]
I was super late on my post about the NES Classic yesterday – I should have written it earlier in the week when I first got wind, but I got tied up in things. In any case, yes, the NES Classic Edition is back on store shelves, or at least, it is until the stores […]
January 27th, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, an event I’ve written about more than any other single event on this site. For the past 50 years, since the disaster, NASA has pretty much buried it. Unlike Challenger and Columbia, which occurred in 1986 and 2003 respectively, the 1967 deaths of […]
UPDATE: apparently YES, the item has been on the shelves today, as of the day of me writing this. Talk about being late to post! http://www.xadara.com/the-nes-classic-edition-is-back-in-stores-and-its-still-rare Among the more interesting gaming rumors that have crossed my radar the past few weeks is one saying that the NES Classic Edition is going to make its way […]
Feburary, the shortest month of the year. Still, more games are coming to you free with a Gold subscription on Xbox Live (and seriously, what adult Xbox gamer doesn’t have an active live subscription?) This months list doesn’t look the best, but we’ll go over each game one by one and see how they stack […]
YouTube sometimes throws videos my way that are a departure from the usual gaming and tech, yet aren’t too far off that mark at the same time. In this case, a suggested video from Euronews on the subject of people who, for whatever reason, live inside of cyber-cafe’s in Japan. Rather than having an actual […]
I’ve been a fan of modern Korean music for many years now, primarily focusing on the music of the late 90’s and into the mid 2000’s, what I consider a golden time for the dance-pop styled music that I enjoy. This interest was heavily driven as a side effect of the Korean music game Pump […]
As I have said before, I try not to get political here on Xadara, but I do have to say what I think from time to time. I’ll try to keep this one brief. Thank you, President Obama. You didn’t always do what I feel was the best thing – there are many times your […]
Defcon is quite the interesting convention, unlike most others. Instead of being devoted to anime, or video games, or comic books, this one is about technology and the hacker subculture. The talks can vary wildly, and I plan on sharing some of the best ones with you here, as I feel the urge. To start […]