Farewell, Lucy
After seventeen wonderful years together, today we said goodbye to our sweet girl.
Brian Drum
I'm Brian Drum. I'm a software product designer & developer. I live and work in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with my wife Jaclyn, our son and daughter, and two dogs.
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Nick Cave On Hope
Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion (via Kottke)
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys Ill Communication 30th Anniversary slipcase 180g LP. Makin’ with the freak freak
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Continuing the theme: Boards of Canada, Hi Scores. First pressing with the bar code and braille sticker on back, which I was lucky enough to pick up shortly after release in 1997 on recommendation from a good friend.
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25 years old today: Boards of Canada, Music Has the Right to Children.
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Starting off the weekend with a little house music: Against All Logic 2012–2017
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After almost 30 years, finally hearing Medicine’s third album as intended by Brad Laner
Apollo 11 6
🧵6/6 Thanks for reading, I hope you found something interesting. For more info about the history and process behind the maps, check out this article by the NGA: Lunar maps paved way for moon exploration For more info about Apollo Mission Operations Control Room 2, visit NASA’s restored Apollo Mission Control is a slice of ’60s life, frozen in amber Sources: Lunar maps paved way for moon…
Apollo 11 5
🧵5/6 These maps weren’t used just for navigation, either. When a fender detached from the lunar roving vehicle during Apollo 17, ground control and the crew improvised a replacement made of duct tape and four lunar maps. The makeshift fender and related items are now part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection in Washington, D.C. Photos: National Air and Space Museum
Apollo 11 4
🧵4/6 Here’s a Lunar Orbit chart laying on The Surgeon console from the Apollo Mission Operations Control Room 2, recently restored and open to the public from Space Center Houston. Photo: Lee Hutchinson, Senior Technology Editor, Ars Technica