by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 6, 2012 | Opinion
NASA artist’s conception of the Curiosity roverIt was nail-biting time about 1:15 a.m. Monday morning, as engineers in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory control room gathered to monitor the Mars Science Laboratory (aka “Mars Curiosity”) on its...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 3, 2012 | Opinion
I love having a GPS unit in my car. I’ve had one since way back when Palm Pilots were still de rigeur and I bought a Tom Tom GPS receiver and software as an add-on to my Palm. I was fascinated — and remain so — by the thought that a tiny receiver in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 1, 2012 | Opinion
The Israeli paper Ha’aretz reported this week that archaeologists digging in the ancient town of Beth-Shemesh have uncovered a small stone seal bearing the images of a man and a leonine figure. That naturally leads to speculation as to whether it reflects a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 30, 2012 | Opinion
In Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley for a combination vacation and writing retreat, I devoted the first full day (Saturday) to the vacation part. To counter the general suckiness of taveling alone, I decided to keep a list of things that made me smile: Greek yogurt...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 27, 2012 | Opinion
Having recently seen a nice production of “Oliver!”, it’s not surprising that I’d think of some busy neighbors of mine as artful dodgers: thieves to the core, but with a certain charm and cuteness about them. The picture at left is my bird...
