Agreed! Great story, lots of amazing contributions from so many folks, and much more to come. #WebAssembly #Wasm #BytecodeAlliance

One of my Christmas presents was the LEGO Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), with 1913 pieces organized in 13 bags and a 350 page illustrated (but wordless) manual to helpfully guide you through assembly. Can't wait to see it finished but I plan to go slowly and savor the experience.

Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury for the sixth time, successfully completing the final ‘gravity assist manoeuvre’ needed to steer it into orbit around the planet i...

Impressive close-up photos of the planet Mercury taken this week by ESA/JAXA's BepiColumbo spacecraft during its final close flyby before settling into an ongoing observational orbit: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of “percolation problem.”…

I solve the New York Times crossword every evening and have for many years. It seems I inherited a love of crosswords from my Dad, and probably also my love of words and languages. l'm delighted to learn about explorations of crossword solving as a science topic: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy “You just can’t trash everything associated with the Moon and go to Mars.”…

Looking forward to upcoming commercial space missions and their planned landings on the Moon, beginning perhaps as soon as later this month. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Four weeks after surgery over my left eye, healing quite nicely. I’ve already had random people ask if an evil wizard tried to murder me.

It's the day before Thanksgiving, so an enjoyable day in the kitchen preparing family favorites. And a chance to browse through my Mom's recipe box and reminisce.

Had a small growth above my left eye removed and got the "Big Bar Brawl Black Eye" after-effect at no extra charge. Ice pack time...

A CO2 Traffic Light On An SAO [David Bryant] clearly has an awareness of the impact of an excess concentration of CO2 in the local environment and has designed an SAO board to add a CO2 traffic light indicator to one of the spa…

Had a great time with @sircoolio.bsky.social last weekend at Hackaday Supercon! Learned lots, enjoyed sharing tech project experiences with folks, and went hands-on with software and hardware. Also, our CO2 monitor conference badge add-on got some coverage from Hackaday: hackaday.com/2024/11/06/a...

My photo of the total eclipse of the Sun, April 8 2024

It was mostly cloudy here in Fredericksburg, TX but there were just enough gaps that we got to see Monday's eclipse. Totality was spectacular, with the sudden darkness adding to the otherworldly eeriness. Here's one of my photos:

Glad to be here, spending some time looking around to see what's what. Keen to find a positive vibe and pleasant surroundings, though do realize social is what you make of it.