Dedicated Nerds: Recent Episodes
Team Dedication
- Kearny Bitch Corner: Midway (2019)
- Robert A. Heinlein
- H. Beam Piper
- Cucumbers!
- The Order
- Kearny’s Terrible Tree Corner
- Humans in space launched from the USA!
- Buying a car
- Blackberries & Mulberries
- Barkskins
Bunsen burners Kearny gets fiber! “Hair Love” Descent Journey in the Dark Dave not driving to work Munchkin Quest game
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “What Did Jack Do?” “I am not ok with this” on Netflix Not driving to and from work Star Wars Episode 9
-European Mars Lander -https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/nasa-planning-document-may-offer-clues-to-changes-in-artemis-program/ -[not good] Greatest events of WWII on -Netflix -HP Lovecraft “The Complete Fiction” Audiobook -Texas Spring
Birds of Prey Movie Mythic Quest TV Show For All Mankind TV Show The Mandalorian TV Show Space stuff Apple Watch Alarm Star Trek TNG Star Trek Picard JAXA Web Site
Star Trek: Picard Star Wars Dragon Space Capsule The Good Place Finale Cornhole: The Sport Super Bowl: LIV
-Dave’s new Apple Watch Series 5 -Star Wars: Episode 9 -The return of Doctor Who (Season 12 of New Who) -Looking forward to Birds of Prey Movie & -Star Trek Picard -Apple watch band - Velcro variant
Asteroids (not the game) The Back-away Maneuver Dungeons and Dragons Beard oil Dungeons and Dragons Girls und Panzer
Thanksgiving Sous Vide Turkey Charlie’s Angels China’s Rocket Launch Tempo Captain Marvel Hustlers Christmas season
- Breakfast Food
- Peanuts
- Terminator: Dark Fate
- Han shot first
- The Mandalorian
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Diablo 4 Trailer
- Texas Fall
- WoW Classic
- Cats and dogs
- Puppy class
- Alita Battle Angel
- Terminator
- Alita turning into a lap cat
- Summer has broken
- Lion King (2019)
- Cell phones/cameras
- Home repairs
- IOT items
- Starship
- USS Midway Museum
- YouTube Channel: Drachinifel
- Cats and dogs living together!
- Indian moon probe
- Extra solar comet
- Good Omens - Prime Video Show
- Chernobyl - HBO Show
- Midway Movie
- This looks great! *https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/behind-the-scenes-at-nasas-newly-restored-historic-apollo-mission-control/
- Dragonfly
- 13 minutes to the moon
Spoiler Slot: * Sword Art Online Alternate Gun Gale Online
- Falcon Heavy launch
- Intelsat Failure
- Aquaman
- Captain Marvel
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Double Plus Ungood - Carnival 2001
- Beatings For Having Nothing Good
Follow up: * Instapot Update * Light Bulbs Update
Topics for discussion: * Asteroid missions * Streaming Services
What’s been good this fortnight: * The Magicians * Gun Gale Online
More planet 9 data https://earthsky.org/space/review-paper-physics-reports-planet-9-feb-2019
Successful Dragon Crew flight to the ISS https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-1-test-flight-photos.html
Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane Reaches Edge of Space https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/space/100000006374663/virgin-galactic-space.html
Follow up: Rob’s frozen pipes
Topics for discussion: Robot vacuum cleaners How to measure household electrical use https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU Kearny’s car repairs
What’s been good this fortnight: Rob - Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises Dave - Super Bowl 53 Kearny - http://www.girlgeniusonline.com
Follow up: * New Horizons Camera * Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Imager * Kearny’s light bulbs
Topics for discussion: * Polar Vortex https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/atlanta-snow-storm-102839 * Pipe warming technology
What’s been good this fortnight: * First Man (2018) * Ferrite Recording Studio https://www.wooji-juice.com/products/ferrite/
Follow up: * Presto Pizzazz plus * Ultima Thule flyby
Topics for discussion: * Virgin Galactic * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
What’s been good this fortnight: * Lucifer on Netflix * Assassin’s Creed Odyssey * Drugs
Follow up: * Kearny’s Bright light bulbs * Watt vs lumens
Topics for discussion: * Presto Pizzazz plus * Dawn probe and Kepler probe go dark * Soyuz abort post mortem * Ultima Thule flyby * Barnards star * NASA concerned about culture of “inappropriateness” at SpaceX
What’s been good this fortnight: * Apple Pencil * Dextromethorphan HBr * Gate City Brewing : Ex-pat dark beer
Topics for discussion: * Failure of Soyuz launch
Nerdy Recommendations: * Maniac * Ant Man and the Wasp * Good Omens * ZZ Top - Afterburner 1985 * Jonathan Coulton * Deadpool 2 * Anti-Duracell batteries * Garbage - Band * Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy
Topics for discussion: * “SpaceX says its BFR will fly someone around the Moon” https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/spacex-says-its-bfr-will-fly-someone-around-the-moon-we-have-questions * Japanese probe * Long March 5 * Sony’s walled garden cracks open: Cross-console play comes to PS4 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/sonys-walled-garden-cracks-open-cross-console-play-comes-to-ps4/ * iPhone XS impressions * Maniacs on Netflix
Topics for discussion: Stratolaunch K on Flo New Horizons → Ultima Thule Planet 9 Rob’s New Computer World of Warcraft
What’s been good this fortnight: Rob - Spider-Man for PS4 Dave - Weed Death Kearny - Treadmill
Follow up: * Consumer Reports rating system * Kearny update report on new tablet
Topics for discussion: * Tablets are cool, right? * Security! * Treadmills
What’s been good this fortnight.
- Blizzard Has Multiple Diablo Projects in the Works *http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/08/blizzard-has-multiple-diablo-projects-in-the-works
- https://kotaku.com/blizzard-says-multiple-diablo-projects-are-in-the-works-1828196034 “One of them, we believe, is Diablo III Switch.”
- New topic crews for starliner and dragon
- SpaceX set to re-fly a Block 5 rocket for the first time tonight (Monday)Mission success would open the door to the third flight of a Falcon 9 rocket.
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/tonight-spacex-to-reuse-its-first-block-5-variant-of-the-falcon-9/
- “In the lab with Xbox’s new Adaptive Controller, which may change gaming forever“
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/xbox-adaptive-controller-a-bold-answer-to-the-tricky-world-of-accessible-gaming/
- Microsoft blog post about it: https://news.microsoft.com/stories/xbox-adaptive-controller/
- Favorite tech review websites
- The Wirecutter [https://thewirecutter.com/]
- Consumer reports [https://www.consumerreports.org/]
- Ars Technica [https://arstechnica.com/] What’s been good this fortnight:
- Rob - Scotts 20-Inch Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower
- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RA3E/\
- Dave - Man in the High Castle
- Kearny - Incredibles II
Follow up: Kearny has a tablet https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Android-Quad-Core-Processor-ZA2J0007US/dp/B0711BT1QK
French Guiana
Falcon night launches
Now witness the firepower of this fully operational Falcon 9 rocket https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/now-witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-operational-falcon-9-rocket/
Trevor Mahlmann https://photos.tmahlmann.com/Rockets/SpaceX/Telstar-19-Vantage/
Boeing and Space-X crew capsules
History of rocket propellan
Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-Propellants-University-Classics/dp/0813595835/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Is this why we can’t have nice things? NASA's $9.7 billion space telescope is stuck on Earth - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nasas-next-great-space
Things we’ve enjoyed this fortnight:
Beat Saber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0ej5Yu_P8
Churchill’s Secret Agents https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/25/17614630/churchill-secret-agents-netflix-reality-show
We get nerdy about gardens and offices!
- Chromebook - I want one
- Garden Tech
- Melnor RainCloud Internet Controlled Smart Water Irrigation Timer/Controller for Outdoor Use, 4 Zone, Compatible with Amazon Alexa
- https://www.amazon.com/Melnor-Controlled-Irrigation-Controller-Compatible/dp/B01MZE8J1R/ref=sr_1_7?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1532282730&sr=1-7&keywords=melnor
- Open offices are as bad as they seem—they reduce face-to-face time by 70%
- To encourage unbounded, collective intelligence, offices may need physical boundaries.
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/in-open-offices-workers-chat-70-less-are-less-productive-and-email-more/
In which we get nerdy about the pyramids, dream houses and World of Warcraft.
- Kearny’s Rant about the pyramids
- Dave’s Dream House
- BoA Survival Guide
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_nVX65K--c
- https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/38264-battle-for-azeroth-80-pre-patch-releases-july-17th/
In which we nerd out on camping, childhood games and self-driving vehicles.
Episode 003 * Dave’s Vacation Camping * Childhood games * Self driving vehicles
-Dave’s ceiling -Cats -Pinball -Rockets
The Pinball Arcade is losing its classic tables; grab them while you can Over 60 licensed titles will no longer be for sale after June. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/the-pinball-arcade-is-losing-its-classic-tables-grab-them-while-you-can/
Falcon 9 Block 5 launches successfully https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2018/05/12/spacex-just-launched-first-next-gen-falcon-9-block-5-rocket-heres-what-we-know-elon-musk/604880002/
Google I/O - Robots placing phone calls for us https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17332070/google-assistant-makes-phone-call-demo-duplex-io-2018