solstice

A solstice occurs twice a year, whenever Earth’s axis tilts the most toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to be farthest north or south at noon. For example, today.

Folks spent a lot of time and preparation for the Winter's Solstice, with Revels and such

The southern hemisphere, meanwhile, is caught in the depths of winter. ...

summer cure

Sitali pranayam, “Curl the tongue and protrude it slightly past the lips. Inhale deeply and smoothly through the tongue and mouth. Exhale through the nose.” Will cool you down during presentations.

"just google ATK"

In a high-level-no-details conversation with Messr. H about JLA and JLV he muttered knowingly,"just google ATK"

ATK Launch Systems is a Minnesota advanced weapon and space systems company. They make Rockets. They're involved in the making the rocket that'll throw the next gen space transporter, the Ares I, Crew Launch Vehicle, into orbit to visit the International Space Station and possibly go to Mars.

Other rejected concepts are pictured below:

image from here, used without permission


In the process I discovered SpaceNewsFeed. With Space Videos!. Why not call it SpaceFoodFeed? An added benefit of SpaceNewsFeed are the ads on the margins of the site; if I ever need satellite internet in Africa I'll know about Veresat

Intent

The information is coming at me fast and furious. I've tried many, many organizational systems.

It's gonna ramble. It's gonna mesh with del.icio.us, twitter, my desktop tiddlywiki, my todo.txt, and whatever gtd utility belt I'm wearing at the moment

This blog'll be a note repository for the IT platforms I'm researching that drill down into the tools each business vertical is using.