Asset Allocation
When I got married last year, one of the inevitable chores was consolidating financial accounts. As it turns out, my…
Author: Robby
Time Lapse from the Space Station
Since I'll never make it to space myself, I love watching movies of the view. The ones taken by astronauts…
One Year Later
A year ago, Pasadena and the surrounding communities were layered in smoke and ashes as the huge Station Fire burned…
MESSENGER Looking Back
The MESSENGER spacecraftt took that shot of the Earth and the Moon on its way to Mercury. It's hard…
The D-Day Piper
I just read an interesting story, an obituary of Bill Millin, who played the bagpipes during the D-Day landing in…
New Tellico Version
I put together a new version of Tellico, version 2.3, and threw it out for release this past weekend. It…
Hubble's Gotchu!
How have I not seen this before? Jimmy Fallon has a recurring sketch by a guy who loves the Hubble…
Now it's Plasma's turn to hog the CPU
I just installed openSUSE 11.3. Now instead of virtuoso taking all the CPU cycles, it's plasma-desktop. Time to do so…
Old Spice Guy
I can't get enough of the Old Spice guy. I think my favorite is his response to his daughter….
Tim Donaghy is Watching the Watchmen
Deadspin is having Tim Donaghy, a former NBA ref who served time for gambling on games, give critiques of the…