Category: Technology

Vertical Deeparture

At the bottom of the Mariana Trench near Guam. In 1960, the Bathyscaphe Trieste descended to the bottom of the Mariana Trench near Guam, at 10,911 m (35,797 ft; 6.780 mi), the deepest known spot in any ocean. If Mount Everest (8,848 metres) were submerged there, its peak would be more than a mile beneath… Continue reading Vertical Deeparture

My Machines Are VI + I

The collection is growing slowly but steadily… now they´re seven of them, but one of them will not boot correctly or in an orderly fashion. Hence, six + one. A non-bootable machine is a malfunctioning machine and therefore not a machine in the true sense of the word. If you are not functional then you… Continue reading My Machines Are VI + I

Tokyo Cathedral 0

This is one but there is another in Tokyo above ground. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel (MAOUDC), a 6.3 km long system of tunnels and towering cylindrical chambers that protect North Tokyo from flooding. Picture: BBC

Some Say

Actually most people say that it is the most beautiful aircraft ever to be constructed. I concur and the noise its engine makes is… nothing but magical. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants… Continue reading Some Say

Merlin

A magnificent machine – powering the equally magnificent Supermarine Spitfire. The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was later called Merlin following the company convention… Continue reading Merlin

Repairs/Upgrade

The machines… I found three identical laptops (actually five but the other two were a different model) in various conditions. I’m assembling them into two working ones: WIN10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Yes, it is a lot of fun!

NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars

Honestly? I’m lost for words… two CubeSats (briefcase sized satellites) riding alongside the InSight Mars lander? In space, taking pictures and they´re nicknamed EVE and WALL-E? Come on (give me a break)! MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 4,700 miles (7,600 kilometers) away during… Continue reading NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars

Self-portrait II

The satellite named Hayabusa 2 is taking a picture of the Ryugu asteroid, which orbits the sun between Earth and Mars. In the same moment its own shadow is captured – moving at great speed, in the middle of space and that is nowhere. The contrast in this image is nothing but spectacular and anyone… Continue reading Self-portrait II

If Ever In Doubt

…these words will suffice: DJ STORM! The Metalheadz back catalogue features almost every major figure in the history of drum and bass, and is one of the most innovative labels out there, consistently crossing boundaries with its releases since 1994. And yes, there most definitely is a relation.