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  • Ghost Owl

    a visage, complete with wings, beak and claw, about to land on my fingers…. A visitation for Halloween today.

    October 25, 2026
    Categories: Bird (171), Lake Tahoe (36)
    Post Tags: ghost (11), harry (4), owl (8), potter, window (19)
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    Ghost Owl
  • Thermal Club Dinners

    after race days, a delicious place to decompress and rehydrate

    October 25, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (259)
    Post Tags: 296 (4), 488 (4), cars (26), challenge (24), club (68), ferrari (11), race (48), thermal (27)
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    Thermal Club Dinners
  • Peekaboo

    Gen going for a ride with Naveen Rao at the wheel in the Ferrari 488

    October 25, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (259)
    Post Tags: 296 (4), 488 (4), cars (26), challenge (24), club (68), ferrari (11), race (48), thermal (27)
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    Peekaboo
  • Post-Drive Review with the Coach

    Thermal racing with Naveen Rao weekend.

    October 25, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (259)
    Post Tags: 296 (4), 488 (4), cars (26), challenge (24), club (68), ferrari (11), race (48), thermal (27)
    1 comment on Post-Drive Review with the Coach
    Post-Drive Review with the Coach
  • Post Flight in the Ferrari 296

    my first time driving this beast

    October 25, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (259)
    Post Tags: 296 (4), 488 (4), cars (26), challenge (24), club (68), ferrari (11), race (48), thermal (27)
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    Post Flight in the Ferrari 296
  • Talking Space, Moon Base and Xona’s raise today on Fox News

    9 minute segment on Fox news today. Xona holds the first and only FCC license to operate a commercial GPS service. By flying a constellation closer to Earth, the service is 100x more powerful, so it even works indoors. And more precise, to cm resolution. And more secure and robust to spoofing. And it’s backward… Read More

    October 24, 2026
    Categories: TV (87)
    Post Tags: 250m, clayman, fox (10), funding (16), gps (38), liz (5), news (19), precision” (9), space (569), tv (52), xona (8)
    1 comment on Talking Space, Moon Base and Xona’s raise today on Fox News
    Talking Space, Moon Base and Xona’s raise today on Fox News
  • XONA Space raises another $250M for next-gen GPS

    Co-led by Future Ventures. Xona holds the first and only FCC license to operate a commercial GPS service. By flying a constellation closer to Earth, the service is 100x more powerful, so it even works indoors. And more precise, to cm resolution. And more secure and robust to spoofing. And it’s backward compatible with existing… Read More

    October 22, 2026
    Categories: Rockets 🚀 (1371)
    Post Tags: certified (2), colead, constellation (4), fcc (3), future (160), gen (3), gps (38), next (21), nextgen, powerful (3), satellite (86), space (569), ventures (133), xona (8)
    3 comments on XONA Space raises another $250M for next-gen GPS
    XONA Space raises another $250M for next-gen GPS
  • Forbes 250 Greatest Living Optimists

    I have never met a rich pessimist. Perhaps they are like crabs, doing some garbage collection, but they rarely drive progress for humanity. So, it was with some delight that I got an email from Forbes this morning saying their analytical engine deemed me the #63 "greatest living optimist". 😋 Forbes: “Optimism is at the… Read More

    October 21, 2026
    Categories: Biographical Sketches (1287)
    Post Tags: 250 (2), 63, forbes (6), greatest (2), list (7), living (4), optimists
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    Forbes 250 Greatest Living Optimists
  • Final Frankenrocket Flight at BALLS 2026

    We knew this would be a heads-up flight. The asymmetric fin can flew well twice before on smaller motors, but this time we went with a vintage K540 metalstorm motor that was 20 years old. The ascent was stable, as before, but the ejection charge blew just 1.5 seconds after liftoff. You can see the… Read More

    October 20, 2026
    Categories: BALLS (281), Rockets 🚀 (1371)
    Post Tags: Aerotech (116), balls (300), black (337), desert (564), event (383), final (14), flight (268), frankenrocket, green (141), k540, launch (894), motor (109), old (52), rock (368), rocket (1075)
    1 comment on Final Frankenrocket Flight at BALLS 2026
    Final Frankenrocket Flight at BALLS 2026
  • The Dream Weavers of Dust ✨

    What if you could direct your dreams with auditory conditioning? Away from nightmares. Towards healing, even “reviving” lost loved ones. Adam Horowitz, CEO of Dust Systems, described just that at XPRIZE VISIONEERING 2026. Summary points: • BBC: “Dream Engineering is the #1 most powerful idea of the 21st Century.” • The suicide rate is 8x… Read More

    October 20, 2026
    Categories: Weird Science (597), X Prize (80)
    Post Tags: adam (7), ceo (55), dust (22), engineering (26), horowitz, mit (38), nightmares (2), sleep (7), systems (36), visioneering (21), xprize (71)
    1 comment on The Dream Weavers of Dust ✨
    The Dream Weavers of Dust ✨
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