ISS and Shuttle visit Calgary
I stared at the sky with geeky wonderment this evening as the International Space Station containing Canadian astronaut and honorary U of C alumnus Robert Thirsk passed over Calgary at 11:07pm, closely followed by the Space Shuttle Endeavour containing another Canadian astronaut, Julie Payette. Both craft were clearly visible, appearing just above the Western horizon [...]
Posted at 11pm on 7/16/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Around Calgary | Tagged: calgary, Endeavour, ISS, Julie Payette, NASA, Robert Thirsk, STS-127, YYC | read on
Apple WWDC 2009 Keynote
It was awkward high fives and self conscious fist pumps all round at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco’s Moscone Center today. A roomful of Apple fanboys and girls, media hacks and some serious developers tried to get excited about an updated product line up, including refreshed 15″ and 17″ MacBook Pro, iPhone [...]
Posted at 12pm on 6/8/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Apple | Tagged: 3GS, Apple, iPhone, Snow Leopard, steve jobs, wwdc | read on