Thursday, October 23, 2014

My Name is going to Mars

I submitted my name to be included on a NASA microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. The micro-chip will take off aboard Orion, NASA's nextgen deepspace spacecraft,  on Dec. 4 2014 on a 4.5 hour flight-test, a two-orbit mission around Earth to test Orion’s systems. At the end of this short mission, my name will have to survive cringing speeds approaching 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

If all goes as planned, the  microchip will be carried aboard in future NASA exploration flights and missions to Mars in an arrangement that could see me accrue space miles as a member of a global-space-faring society, exciting stuff!

Below is my official 'boarding pass'


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

JuiceSSH: My favorite Android App

This app has helped me incredibly. Well, what does it do? It allows you to ssh into a server and do everything you can accomplish on a regular terminal,  and this is from your mobile device.
It comes with an awesome keyboard feature set such as pop up keys for ctrl, tab e.t.c As a bonus, it allows you to connect to the mobile device's localhost and violate it in so many ways.
Personally I use an android version of it. Get to know it and it could turn out to be just what you needed to provide 99.9 uptime commitment on your applications.