NASA: Mission Inspiration

lego moon landing

In a few days, the last American space shuttle will be launched.  An era will come to an end. But according to the NASA PR machine in USA Today, it ain’t over yet. The United States needs to cede its low-earth orbit missions, such as the space shuttle, to the private sector so it can free up resources to explore deep space, [NASA’s administrator and a former astronaut Charles F.] Bolden said. President Obama has directed NASA to work toward sending manned spacecraft to an asteroid and to Mars. Translation: American astronauts will rely on the Russians to get back...
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Geek Girls Sunday

The Nerd Machine Slave Leias

Serendipitously, after I posted the rant about geek girls v.s. faux geek girls, that very same weekend turned itself into a Geek Girl Weekend. Thursday A friend of mine forwarded me a tweet: a call of arms for any L.A. Slave Leia costume owners for a web video shoot for The Nerd Machine.  (For those who didn’t know, The Nerd Machine is a brainchild of Zachary Levi a.k.a. Chuck from the TV show Chuck…or the voice of Flynn Rider from Tangled.)  I replied to that call with a couple of photos including the Zombie Slave Leia with Darth Vader. Friday...
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A Matter of Faith

Shepherd Book's quote

When I talk about belief, why do you always assume I’m talking about God? – Shepherd Book, Serenity. That there was a quote that launched a thousand thoughts over this Memorial Day weekend. It started on Thursday night when I watched Serenity with some friends.  As a Browncoat—fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and the subsequent movie–I’ve watched this movie several times. At the core of it was about faith, not in a religious way, but a belief in something so strong that one is willing to live by it and die for it. A kind of faith I’ve always...
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Tumblr-ing toward you

tumblr

Yep. I have a Tumblr. OakMonster.Tumblr.com While this blog will continue to be my main source of ranting and raving, I set up Tumblr to be a photo blog to replace the use of Twitpic.  But now, I’m also going to use it as my meme central. All over Facebook, people have been posting their 30 Day Music/Song Challenge. I finally gave in to the challenge and started posting my meme on my Tumblr. After all, according to the social media specialists and marketers these days, my blog should be where I express my expertise and sell my brand. So...
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Nerdvana

geek love poem

  I’ve worked with Chris Stein and his team at Urban Insight for the past 5 years at the old office.  I would have gone through life not knowing about Drupal if it wasn’t for these guys. What’s Drupal?  Drupal is an open source content management system that is gaining popularity these days for its functionality and flexibility.  FedEx, the White House, and even the Onion use Drupal. The UI gang is presenting a webinar on May 6: Introduction to Drupal for Designers.  And I was invited to their office today as the test audience. You see, my first parlay...
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Keep Calm and Carry On

Wise word from UK government during WWII.  The propaganda poster that went missing since which had just resurfaced back in 2000.  Nowadays, you see it in all shapes and forms.  Like these guys. Cupcake: The Lobster Pot / Rock: The Poster List I have a copy printed out with a smiley face wearing the crown, and posted in my office to look at.  Because, just like everyone else, some days you need a little bit of a mantra to get you through.  (And yeah, the view does help a little bit.) Outside of the office in the tower, things do...
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