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Artemis II crew names moon crater ‘Carroll’ after Nasa commander’s late wife
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Space Force is writing a song
Every armed forces needs a song, and the Space Force is in the process of getting one made. Finally to give you an idea of the bureaucracy involved, here is a larger email section: “I’ve got some milestones from here to there. The next big one is NLT 10 June provide CSO with 3(ish) options…
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Get some KFC while you charge your BYD
Chinese electric car maker, BYD, is partnering with KFC to install charging stations add store locations. BYD and Yum China Holdings — the conglomerate that owns the KFC brand in China — signed a strategic cooperation agreement earlier this week at BYD’s headquarters in Shenzhen, aiming to install flash charging equipment at KFC drive-thru locations…
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Life and history lessons in a storage locker
High school student Michael Haskell buys abandoned storage units, discovery profit, history, and life lessons. He stopped at #3361 and unlocked the padlock. A musty odor emerged. He looked inside. The unit was crammed with birdcages, cedar chests, old paperbacks, barstools and Art Deco lamps. “I think I’ll make good money off this locker, which…
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The story of seafoam green
There’s a reason seafoam green is so commonplace in mid 20th century industrial design. What caught my eye as a designer, as with most industrial plants and control rooms of that time, besides the knobs, levers, and buttons, was the use of a very specific seafoam green, seen here on the reactor’s walls and in the control…
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Bruce Springsteen covers Purple Rain
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Hospital janitor becomes a doctor
Match day for doctors is always a big deal. When a doctor is placed at a hospital in which she was a janitor? Inspiring. For about a decade, Shay Taylor-Allen walked the halls of Yale New Haven Hospital pushing a janitor’s cart. She mopped patient rooms, disinfected surfaces and emptied the trash. Soon, she’ll walk…
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Web design museum
The web is old enough to host a website dedicated to designs of major websites,
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Complexity and simplicity
Any experienced software engineer or architect understands the nature of trade-offs versus complexity and simplicity. The culture and software development often rewards the complex solution over a simple one because there is a narrative to something complex. Or as with something simple, it’s simply “this was done.” Picture two engineers on the same team. Engineer…
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The AI assault on the last of the open web
Anil Dash breaks down the potential end game for the open web, the internet of the 90s and early 2000s. The threat to the open web is far more profound than just some platforms that are under siege. The most egregious harm is the way that the generosity and grace of the people who keep…