Author Archives: Thinkwing Radio

Unknown's avatar

About Thinkwing Radio

Mike Honig is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Houston in September of 1977 and has been there ever since. Mike's interests are politics, history, science, science fiction (and reading generally), technology, and almost anything else. Mike has knowledge and experience in many diverse fields, sometimes from having worked in them, and sometimes from extensive reading or discussion about them. Mike's general knowledge makes him a favorite partner in Trivial Pursuit. He likes to say that about most things, he knows enough to be dangerous. Humility is a work-in-progress.

Dog-Tested, Dog-Approved: Subaru Commercials [VIDEOS]

If you love doggies, you’ll love these Subaru commercials. :)

Camping

_______________________

Jack-knife Continue reading

Top 10 Grammar Peeves

Top 10 Grammar Peeves

Viola Variations On A Nokia Ring Tone (VIDEO)

Found at CBS.com:

(CBS) – Just last week it was reported that a cellphone call led to the conductor of the New York Philharmonic halting a performance. So let’s see how this violinist responds when the same thing happens to him in the above video.

Clever, right? The violinist has a truly great sense of humor and a whole lot of class!

The video was actually posted back in July, but is just now getting some buzz online and allegedly took place during a classical performance at a synagogue in Presov, Slovakia.

_____________________

Originally uploaded to YouTube by  (Jakub Haškoon) Jul 30, 2011

Thinkwing Radio: This site’s 2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Gift Drive Benefitting Santa Maria Hostel for Women and Children

This charity drive is taking place at my wife’s place of work, and seems a worthy cause. Please consider donating.

________________________________________

If possible, please drop off in the designated box in the CNRC lobby between December 13th -­‐ December 22nd, There will also be a wish list tree, where you can pick an ornament for a specific item! Clothes may be gently used.

Please contact: Udita Iyengar (iyengar@bcm.edu), Sheila Martinez (srmartin@bcm.edu), 713-­‐798-­‐0352/0358

WHERE: Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), Baylor College of Medicine

LOCATION: 1100 Bates, Houston TX 77030 (See Map Below)

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Texas Medical Center. On the south side of Bates, just east of Fannin Drive NE-bound.

WHEN: Now, thru December 22nd!

____________________________________

Holiday Drive CNRC poster (PDF Version)

Commercial Access To Space: Soon Coming To An Orbit Near You?

[Excerpts] …Paul Allen has … a pioneering vision for commercial space travel. Allen, on Tuesday, unveiled designs for an efficient air-launch system that resembled a giant airplane split into two fuselages. The craft will take both government and commercial payloads into orbit, with human missions as an eventual goal.

…Allen funded the development of SpaceShipOne, the first manned private spaceflight.

The commercial space transport system will be built by Stratolaunch Systems, Allen’s new company. Burt Rutan, an aerospace engineer integral to the development of SpaceShipOne, will be helping Allen develop his new project. The billionaire believes that the carrier plane lifting rocket ships to higher altitude will be both safer and more cost-effective than launching a rocket from the ground.

Article: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/paul-allen-unveils-new-business-for-commercial-space-travel/