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• Story
Always [Never] Back Up Your Stuff
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• Story
• Historical ref
Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Falcon9 Twofer)
Routine Starlink night launch from The Cape
Transporter ride-share launch from Vandenberg
200th landing of a SpaceX booster
Launch & landing at SLC-4, me ol’ stompin’ grounds back in the day
Great vid, especially Stg-1’s pitch-up flip after separation for its boost-back burn
Lots of satellite deployments (patience is a virtue)
Sad Passing
Astrud Gilberto 1940-2023
and the musical culture of my youth*
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* Before it was spoiled by pop music being sold to teenagers, rather than adults (see: Beatles)
Modern popular music is an insult to music
• The Girl from Ipanima, its fascinating background (don’t ask me about music theory, I was a drummer).
I have two of the albums shown on vinyl (now where did I stow that turntable?).
Long live bossa nova, blues, and cool jazz
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