Mars One: The Reality Show
An artist's rendition of a Mars One Habitat Interior. Image credit SpaceHabs Mars One is a non-profit organization with a...
Month: April 2013
The Best Of 1990s Music
The 1990s was a busy decade. Home computers were rapidly improving and the Internet was born. John Glenn returned to...
The Best Of 1980s Music
Remember Pac-Man when it first came out? How about the Atari games? This was a time when home computers were...
The Best Of 1970s Music
The 1970s were a decade of platform shoes, smiley faces and mood rings. CB radios were riding a high of...
The Best Of 1960s Music
What images does mention of the 1960s bring up for you? Hippies. The Space Race. The Civil Rights movement. And,...
The Best Of 1950s Music
If you remember listening to the fun music of the 1950s, you're probably wondering why the radio simply doesn't play...
My Application Video For Mars One
So I had to make a one-minute video for my Mars One application. My first reaction was, basically, “Gulp”. How...
What Is USB?
You might have heard the phrase, "The world connects through USB." Those little ports that you can plug memory sticks,...
Building Your Own Computer
What do you look for in a new computer? You could buy one ready-made from one of many large corporations...
Configuring the Static Routing on a Cisco Router
How does a router know which “hops” are available to it when deciding where to send packets? Well, it could...
Cisco Router Basic Configuration
Image credit Mr. Haywood's Cisco Class Routers are pretty much a mystery for a lot of people. If you asked...
National Odometer Day
Image Credit Wikipedia May 12th is National Odometer Day. Why odometers? Well, an odometer is that device on your car...
Skylab: America’s First Space Station
Skylab. Image credit: Aerospace Guide Skylab isn't necessarily the first thing people think of when the subject of NASA and...
Fluff’s Wishlist
What does a cat really want? I know a lot of humans tri A little catnip would be good. Maybe...
Top 10 Classics Everyone Should Read
Reading the classics is a good idea, in theory. They're supposed to make you a more well-rounded and literate individual....
Stuff To Do With Mangoes
Have you ever craved a mango? If so, go ahead and indulge. With all kinds of health benefits and only...
Stuff To Do With Apples
You have a bag of apples around your house, don't you? You probably don't think much about those apples, except...
The Space Trilogy
C.S. Lewis is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and his works of Christian non-fiction. Slightly less famous is...
Top Ten Science Fiction Books
Do you get tired of the same old thing in your science fiction? If that hot new series isn't centered...
Top Ten Fantasy Book Series
So you're into fantasy. Only problem is, you get bored with some of the newfangled stuff. I don't blame you....
Top 10 Space Race Biographies
Image Credit Space Race History You want to know more about the Space Race. Most third-party histories are pretty dry...
Top Ten Classic Books for Young Readers
So you've finally gotten fed up with all the hype surrounding “Twilight”. I don't blame you. I never really got...
Fantasy Art on Zazzle
You like fantasy. You just want something other than the glittery vampires of "Twilight" and the newfangled wizardry of "Harry...
The Expedition 16 Crew Arrives on Soyuz TMA-11
Expedition 16 Poster. Image credit Wikimedia The Return of Peggy Whitson Peggy Whitson writes in a book in a replica...
STS-123 Brings Kibo Components and Dextre
STS-123 Crew Poster. Image credit NASA STS-123 patch. Image credits Space Facts When astronaut Garrett Reisman applied to NASA as...
Squidoo Forced My Hand
The Squidoo Logo. Image credit Squidoo. If you've visited my blog lately, you might have noticed a few oddities. I...
Valentine’s Day Cards
Valentine's Day is approaching fast! Stay on top of the romantic day of the year by doing some of your...
Show Off Your Inner Geek!
Let's face it, being a geek is somewhere between just plain cool and just plain nerdy. You're the one who...
About Subnetting
Image credit: Computa Networking Subnetting is essentially dividing up your network into segments. Doing this makes sense if you have...
How To Do The Moonwalk Like Michael Jackson
Don't know how to do the Moonwalk? If you're a true fan of Michael Jackson, you must have tried at...
The Best, Funniest, Most Amazing Baseball Catches Ever!
So you're a total baseball fan. You can rattle off the stats of your favorite players for about as long...
Wireless Networking Basics V: Site Surveys for Wireless Networks
The logo for the IEEE 802.11 Working Group One of the biggest challenges to designing and implementing a wireless network...
Wireless Networking Basics IV: Planning and Deploying a Wireless LAN
The logo for the IEEE 802.11 Working Group Most people are unaware of the infrastructure and effort that goes into...
Wireless Networking Basics III: Media Access Control and Network Layer Standards
The logo for the IEEE 802.11 Working Group The IEEE 802.11 standard specifies that all WLAN features are implemented in...
Wireless Networking Basics II: Physical Layer Standards
A comparison of the four best-known 802.11 standards. Image credit InfoSec In 1978, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released...
Wireless Networking Basics 1: About Analog and Digital Transmissions
So you're walking around with your laptop or that nifty new tablet you got last week. You're looking for a...
Networking Principles V: Network Printers
The ability to print out documents is vital to any business. Some industries are legally required to keep hard copy...
Networking Principles IV: File and Folder Sharing
Just what it sounds like, file sharing is the process by which files and folders can be shared across the...
Networking Principles III: What Is DNS?
Image credit Colorado.edu, where you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about DNS. Domain Name System (DNS)...
Networking Principles II: DHCP
DHCP At Work. Image credit Technet.microsoft.com DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It handles the automatic assignment of...
Networking principles 1: Types of Networks
A network is a group of two or more nodes connected through a medium. A node is a device, such...
Stuff To Do With Rice
Rice is rice, right? Well, do it right, and rice can be so much more. When you think of rice,...
Stuff To Do With Potatoes
Image credit Potato Goodness So you've got a whole sack of potatoes and you're getting a little sick of the...
Stuff To Do With Asparagus
Asparagus. Image credit Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board Have you gotten a good deal on some bunches of asparagus? If so,...
