Archive for October, 2010

The sky is no longer the limit

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

My coverage of Virgin Galactic’s space tourism continues. If you’re just joining me, start here, then here, and finally here, and you’ll be caught up. 10.10.10 VSS Enterprise Completes First Manned Glide Flight Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo achieves major milestone in its program to become world’s first manned commercial space vehicle. “Virgin Galactic is now well [...]

Decoding 10.10.10

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Why has 10.10.10 become such a significant and entertaining day? In binary language, 101010, equals 42, a number familiar to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fans as “the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything.” Here’s the binary explanation, the astrological musings, and other bits. Notable events today: Global Work Party [...]

Ain’t nothing like the real thing: 5 haunted haunts

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

While haunted house attractions may be fun, there’s nothing like the real deal – if apparitions, sightings and eerie otherwordly activities are your idea of Halloween fun. My one encounter with the spirits was in a dzong (fortress/monastery) near Paro, Bhutan. But, there’s no need to travel that far. If you’re paranormal curious, there are [...]