Black Saturday remembrance – February 7

YouTube – Black Saturday  Note: this video was compiled just a few days after Feb 7 2009 and the number of dead is erroneously report – later that number was adjusted to 173. Here are a couple of other sites worth visiting: Black Saturday – ABC News Special Coverage: www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfire-recovery/ Nation remembers devastating Black Saturday: [...]

Apollo 11 re-enactment – Splashdown (July 24) – Mission audio & commentary

Communications between Apollo 11 Mission Control and the crew in the Command-Service Module until separation and final splashdown (source: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11transcript_pao.htm). Note times are Central Daylight Time (Houston, U.S.A.) and Ground Elapsed Time (GET); GET 00:00 was liftoff (2332 Australian Eastern Standard Time). APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY    7-24-69     CDT 7:39  -  GET 191:07PAOThis is Apollo Control [...]

Apollo Moon Landings – Apollo 11′s 40th birthday (Updated)

  Here are some links to refresh your memory of Apollo 11’s historic moon landing forty years ago: Apollo 40th Anniversary: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/ BingTweets about Apollo 11: bingtweets.com/?q=apollo%2011 Celebrating the first Apollo Moon Landing: blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/ First Moon Landing 1969 Video: www.youtube.com Flight Plan of Apollo 11 – Time Magazine Friday, July 18, 1969: www.time.com/time/magazine/ Moon Landings [...]

Are the days of the keyboard and mouse numbered?

In 1984, the following was a letter to the editor of a PC magazine: In 2009 we have the Xbox motion controller (Project Nadal):   and this:   Not a mouse in sight… —————– Follow webDotWiz on Twitter. Posted using the 2009 version of Windows Live Writer. Hat tip to BrandonT for his Live Writer [...]

Sites Mon 02-Mar-2009 – Victorian bushfires, CFA safety message on YouTube

Here are some sites to keep you aware of the weather conditions beginning tonight and expected tomorrow that may effect the Victorian bushfires: Bushfire Emergency – ABC Map: www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/map.htm Bushfires Twitter Feed: search.twitter.com/search?q=bushfires CFA Updates Twitter Feed: search.twitter.com/search?q=cfa_updates CFA Urgent Community Safety Message 02/03/09: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn50uvgrMQE Vic ready for extreme fire threat, Brumby says: www.abc.net.au/news/ Winds [...]

Sites Sun 15-Feb-2009 – Victorian bushfire news, where to make donations

Smoke haze from the Victorian bushfires produces a red sunset (Sun Feb 15 2009) Some links to today’s news. Also links to sites on which to make donations. Bushfire Emergency Interactive Map (Live Maps): www.abc.net.au Bushfire Emergency on ABC Online: www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/ Bushfires picture story: www.msnbc.msn.com Church services mourn Australian fire victims: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29203832/ Fires Today – [...]

Sites Sat 14-Feb-2009 – Victorian bushfires – news and online donation sites

Some news about the Victorian bushfires today. As well, links to the Red Cross and Salvation Army online donation pages: Bushfire Emergency Interactive Map (Live Maps): www.abc.net.au Bushfire Emergency on ABC Online: www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/ Bushfires picture story: www.msnbc.msn.com Bushfires still burning, one week on: www.abc.net.au/news/ Isolated residents assess ‘death valley’ carnage: www.abc.net.au/news/ Marysville residents face traumatic [...]

Attention: Team SOAK has just won the Imagine Cup Finals

Another post with photos and videos of the Australian team, Team SOAK, with their first prize in the Imagine Cup 2008 in Paris (courtesy of the MSOzAcademic blog): Team SOAK (Smart Operational Agriculture Kit) from Australia have been announced as the winners of the 2008 Imagine Cup!!! This is simply an amazing achievement, SOAK members [...]

Imagine Cup winners announced, Australian Team SOAK takes home the gold

Courtesy Liveside.net: Today marks the end of the 2008 Imagine Cup.  The winners were just announced at an awards ceremony at the famous Musée du Louvre in Paris.  I am happy to report that Team SOAK, which includes our good friend, Long Zheng, along with teammates David Burela, Dimaz Pramudya, and Ed Hooper, took first [...]

Live Earth – Concerts for a Climate in Crisis – free Madonna song download

  On 07/07/07, seven concerts around the world will take place to bring the climate crisis to the forefront of people’s attention. Info about the concerts can be found at liveearth.msn.com and at liveearth.org. Australia (Sydney) is one of the seven locations for the Live Earth concerts and you can get links to ticket sales, the [...]