Rob Garrett – Blog

Gizmodo posted a note about the OOCL Shenzhen – a huge container ship that carries electronics hardware from Hong Kong.  The ship is only manned by 19 crew members because almost all control of the vessel is possible using a single Windows-based terminal. I was wondering what happens if Windows crashes? That’s a lot of [...]

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Visit Google Maps, click on the satellite link in the top right corner, type the co-ords “32° 09′N 110°52′W” into the search box, and then scroll right and you’ll see satellite imagary of the aircraft storage and dump site at Davis Monthan airfield. Really cool. Thanks to my work colleagues Bryan and Sahil for finding [...]

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Rob Scoble mentioned Rocketboom on his blog today (because he happened to be included in today’s vLog), so I decided to check it out…. Amanda Congdon presents a daily video log, which is just a hoot. Check out last Friday’s vLog about DIY interviewing with Amanda – http://robgarrett.com/blogs//images/robgarrett_com/software/10/r_rb_05_mar_11.jpg. I particularly liked Amanda’s comment about George [...]

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Researched at the University of Kent say that the use of cell phones in gas stations will NOT produce a spark, causing ignition of fuel vapor on the station forecourt. Most incidents involving such explosions are due to static electricity discharging from customers rather than from use of a cell phone. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/21/mobile_explosion_myth/ So… next time [...]

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Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, was given the honorary title of knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of England. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3428673.stm Is it me or is the Queen handing these things out like candy, and why to non-Brits?

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This is really cool. Animal planet is hosting movies taken from miniature cameras strapped to a golden eagle, named Tilly. Tilly lives in the Argyle Hills in Scotland and we get to see first hand what it’s like to be flying on an Tilly’s back as she soars the hills and gets into a dog fight with [...]

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Looks like Intelsat have found their missing satellite. I read a report in the Post that the satellite, which had lost power, suddenly began signaling Earth, enabling scientists to recover it’s position. The post’s article does not comment on the name of the sat but my earlier post indicated that the missing sat was Intelsat-7. [...]

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Intelsat, Ltd. said that its Intelsat Americas-7 satellite experienced a sudden and unexpected electrical distribution anomaly that caused the permanent loss of the spacecraft on 28 November 2004 at approximately 2:30 am EST. http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=3728 Oops.

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