David Bryant
@davidbryant.bsky.social
One of my Christmas presents was the LEGO Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), with 1913 pieces organized in 13 bags and a 350 page illustrated (but wordless) manual to helpfully guide you through assembly. Can't wait to see it finished but I plan to go slowly and savor the experience.
January 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
One of my Christmas presents was the LEGO Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), with 1913 pieces organized in 13 bags and a 350 page illustrated (but wordless) manual to helpfully guide you through assembly. Can't wait to see it finished but I plan to go slowly and savor the experience.
Impressive close-up photos of the planet Mercury taken this week by ESA/JAXA's BepiColumbo spacecraft during its final close flyby before settling into an ongoing observational orbit: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Top three images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby
On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury for the sixth time, successfully completing the final ‘gravity assist manoeuvre’ needed to steer it into orbit around the planet i...
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January 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Impressive close-up photos of the planet Mercury taken this week by ESA/JAXA's BepiColumbo spacecraft during its final close flyby before settling into an ongoing observational orbit: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
I solve the New York Times crossword every evening and have for many years. It seems I inherited a love of crosswords from my Dad, and probably also my love of words and languages. l'm delighted to learn about explorations of crossword solving as a science topic: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Why solving crosswords is like a phase transition
German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of “percolation problem.”…
arstechnica.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I solve the New York Times crossword every evening and have for many years. It seems I inherited a love of crosswords from my Dad, and probably also my love of words and languages. l'm delighted to learn about explorations of crossword solving as a science topic: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Looking forward to upcoming commercial space missions and their planned landings on the Moon, beginning perhaps as soon as later this month. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
“You just can’t trash everything associated with the Moon and go to Mars.”…
arstechnica.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Looking forward to upcoming commercial space missions and their planned landings on the Moon, beginning perhaps as soon as later this month. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Four weeks after surgery over my left eye, healing quite nicely. I’ve already had random people ask if an evil wizard tried to murder me.
December 23, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Four weeks after surgery over my left eye, healing quite nicely. I’ve already had random people ask if an evil wizard tried to murder me.
It's the day before Thanksgiving, so an enjoyable day in the kitchen preparing family favorites. And a chance to browse through my Mom's recipe box and reminisce.
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
It's the day before Thanksgiving, so an enjoyable day in the kitchen preparing family favorites. And a chance to browse through my Mom's recipe box and reminisce.
Had a small growth above my left eye removed and got the "Big Bar Brawl Black Eye" after-effect at no extra charge. Ice pack time...
November 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Had a small growth above my left eye removed and got the "Big Bar Brawl Black Eye" after-effect at no extra charge. Ice pack time...
Had a great time with @sircoolio.bsky.social last weekend at Hackaday Supercon! Learned lots, enjoyed sharing tech project experiences with folks, and went hands-on with software and hardware. Also, our CO2 monitor conference badge add-on got some coverage from Hackaday: hackaday.com/2024/11/06/a...
A CO2 Traffic Light On An SAO
[David Bryant] clearly has an awareness of the impact of an excess concentration of CO2 in the local environment and has designed an SAO board to add a CO2 traffic light indicator to one of the spa…
hackaday.com
November 8, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Had a great time with @sircoolio.bsky.social last weekend at Hackaday Supercon! Learned lots, enjoyed sharing tech project experiences with folks, and went hands-on with software and hardware. Also, our CO2 monitor conference badge add-on got some coverage from Hackaday: hackaday.com/2024/11/06/a...
It was mostly cloudy here in Fredericksburg, TX but there were just enough gaps that we got to see Monday's eclipse. Totality was spectacular, with the sudden darkness adding to the otherworldly eeriness. Here's one of my photos:
April 10, 2024 at 1:36 PM
It was mostly cloudy here in Fredericksburg, TX but there were just enough gaps that we got to see Monday's eclipse. Totality was spectacular, with the sudden darkness adding to the otherworldly eeriness. Here's one of my photos:
Glad to be here, spending some time looking around to see what's what. Keen to find a positive vibe and pleasant surroundings, though do realize social is what you make of it.
August 10, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Glad to be here, spending some time looking around to see what's what. Keen to find a positive vibe and pleasant surroundings, though do realize social is what you make of it.