Monthly Archives: April 2012

my SXSW space tweeps slides

On March 11th, 2012 in Austin, TX at the SXSW Interactive conference, I had the privilege of being on a panel of space enthusiasts called “How to Win Friends and Influence Space Exploration“. You can listen to audio of the panel at the SXSW site.

The panel was fun, and I put together a slide show to serve as spacy background for it. Those slides are big and unwieldy because they have huge images and video, but you’re welcome to have them if you’d like:

I might try to put the audio and slides together somewhere so you get the full effect, but that’s going to be a pain. If someone with better skills than me would like to do that, you have my blessing. Please send me the result if/when you post it so I can link it in here.

on life and its sources

Tonight I read the geeklet a story at bedtime, the kind of thing that’s designed to be restful with a hint of mind-broadening moral reassurance. As I finished, he looked thoughtful.

“We wouldn’t be here without this.” He tapped on the floor. “I don’t mean the floor, or the neighbors downstairs. I mean the ground underneath us.”

“That’s right.”

“We also wouldn’t be here without this.” He held up is palm, and this time I wasn’t sure what he meant. “We wouldn’t be here without the sky.”

“That’s also true.” I stood up and turned out the light. “Good night.”

He wasn’t done, though. “The sky wiped out the dinosaurs so we could take over.”

“Mm hmm,” I said, without even a pause. “Good night.”

“Good night, daddy.”