Brent Blackburn
Confessions of a Chaos Muppet
This week – last American Solo Flight in Space
Over the course of his long voyage, Cooper had a dinner of “powdered roast beef mush” washed down with water. He captured mesmerizing pictures of the Earth below. He became the first American to sleep in space.
2,060 Minutes: Gordo Cooper and the Last American Solo Flight in Space – Megan Garber – The Atlantic.
I loved both the Tom Wolfe book The Right Stuff and the Philip Kaufman movie about the Mercury space program:
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Why are Facebook, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle Backing the Fight *Against* the Blind?
One of the more disgraceful examples of the inherent selfishness of the copyright world is that it has consistently blocked a global treaty that would make it easier for the blind and visually impaired to read books in formats like Braille.
Full article: Why are Facebook, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle Backing the Fight *Against* the Blind?.