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Apologies for the Delays

I just wanted to publish a quick post and offer my apologies for the dearth of new content around here for the last few months. I have been working on a major new project that is taking up a lot more time than I had anticipated. Fortunately, the first phase of that project is wrapping up soon. I’ll have more information as soon as things are done and ready to launch. Suffice it to say for now that I am really excited and I am hoping that this will be big.

Tags:, , | by Michael on July 14th, 2008 No Comments »

China going to Shoot for the Moon

Image of the MoonChina has announced plans to start sending probes to the moon this year, orbiting and eventually landing on our neighbor and companion around the sun. China’s space program has really taken off since they became the third country to ever send a man into space in 2002, and they have a lot of big plans for space. Now China is looking at adding the moon to their list of achievements. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags:, , | by Michael on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »

New Planet Discovery and Humanity’s Future in Space

Gliese 581 c Artist’s RenditionScientists have discovered a new planet!

Yes, that headline is not entirely new. It is even becoming sadly commonplace, to the point that most people, in browsing their Sunday New York Times article on the matter, may briefly glance at the headline bemusedly before flipping the page to see the latest sports news or what their stocks were doing.

What is new, however, is that the discovering scientists say this planet is Earth-like. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags:, , | by Michael on April 25th, 2007 1 Comment »

How to make a Nomad Site

I had a lot of trouble coming up with exactly what I wanted this site to be. I had the name, I knew what I wanted to call it. But what to write about? My other nomad sites I have a targeted topic in mind. But nomadicnation.com I have had the longest, for years, since all the way back when I was in highschool. I really loved the name and I wanted this one to be special, to somehow tie together everything else. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags:, | by Michael on April 6th, 2007 No Comments »