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A relaxing vacation so far. I’ve had SO many ideas for projects and am happy Mel told me not to bring my laptop, because I’d absolutely be working on them instead of chillaxing in Edinburgh.

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So amazing - a triumph of collaboration across science, technology and people for all humankind! I’m excited to be a part of helping missions like this get off the ground in the future @hadrianspace #space #automation

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IMPACT SUCCESS! Watch from #DARTMIssion’s DRACO Camera, as the vending machine-sized spacecraft successfully collides with asteroid Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium and poses no threat to Earth.

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Anyway, in addition to the speed cube, and the handy white storage box, GAN includes a little collection of cube customization and maintenance tools. There are extra magnets in their own white storage case, which are fully adjustable so the user can cust… https://t.co/1bn2qlygoT

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This GAN speed cube came with a white storage box and I initially wondered why they would include it in the package - was it just an added accessory to justify the price? After a few days with this speed cube I developed a new appreciation for this box.
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I have loved solving Rubik’s cubes since I first discovered them at 11. Picking up a cube and rotating it around the central pivot until the smaller cubes were all in the correct place was satisfying and soothing – a sort of cube-based meditation.
The Ru… https://t.co/6znmEl1yxr

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@wolfejosh Excited to hear more!

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@PalmerLuckey foolishly bet against me walking on the moon before he does. I look forward to winning one Bitcoin from him when I take that small step!

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@marrolds_phones Thanks for sharing, I had one of these in the 80's and it's good to see again :)

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First, I am not proud of this score. A friend told me it was fine considering I haven't played this game in quite a few years, and I only played it once, and there may have been some alcohol involved. I am still embarrassed to share this screen, but ther… https://t.co/vAHV6Upsut

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Not gonna pretend - 2022 has been tough and we’re only half way. In addition to some hard losses, there've been a bunch of unanticipated events diverting progress from the broad plan for the year. There’s the ongoing pandemic and one mass tragedy after a… https://t.co/AwuoRryhe3

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Hello throwback Thursday - all the way back to 1994 and my office at Zono where I was employee #1. How much my hair sticks up is kind of indicative of what kind of day it's been.
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We left off the Sega Saga a bit more than two months ago - I was wrestlin… https://t.co/rQjbCPTJww

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Fricken Lasers!
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Yes, it really has been a life-long love affair with lasers. I got this particular book from the library’s used book shop when I was a boy. Clearly my enthusiasm hasn’t waned over the ensuing 30+ years.
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I’m just as enthusiastic about … https://t.co/WtmRgxlH9L

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With all the recent reminiscing about my past and leaving Atherstone for California so many years ago, it was somewhat surreal to find myself abruptly going back.
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You know all those clichés about not being able to go home again - not really - because … https://t.co/NE6KWhre3D

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Today was my dad’s funeral. His death was sudden and unexpected, and the last few weeks have been difficult. He was a kind and inspiring bloke, who was so obviously loved by many people. For the first time in the three weeks since he died, I feel nothing… https://t.co/4DJPUePVZh

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While we’re taking strolls down memory lane, this was a gift from Zono for a job well done my first Christmas in CA - they even had my name engraved on it. This little beauty runs MSDOS and still works…slowly. It has a bundle of useful apps for accou… https://t.co/IBbwr0ChXH

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I finally made it to California in March. Zono moved their offices to a weird old Victorian-style triplex with ornate built-in cabinetry on Venice Boulevard. Ed told me they thought the place would make me feel more at home (so much for my dreams of a sl… https://t.co/gXRY97z9ah

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Picking up from a month ago…The next step in my journey to California was a lot of admin. I started light work on some Zono projects and tackled the 100s of details involved with emigrating 5,547 miles in a pre-Google world (it was 1994 - Google woul… https://t.co/nGJQFqjo86

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I have had the joy and sorrow of loving three dogs in my adult life. First there was Ben, pictured here, who came to me by way of a co-worker with a litter of retriever pups.
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Ben was my best friend and loyal companion as I tried to build a business in … https://t.co/C4IO2ySHrK

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We are heartbroken all over again. Yesterday @melbee04 and I had to say a final goodbye to our darling girl Starbuck, just a few days after celebrating her 15th birthday.
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Those wonderfully expressive eyebrows, that cute curly tail - waggling and meltin… https://t.co/mm91ixiJzJ

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Instead of #tbt, this week I'm going for #fbf instead – So, Beanstalker was moot, and the Sega US exec, Stuart Kosoy, still insisted he needed the Hazelnut team to work on the 32X. I needed to clearly communicate my level of involvement with Zono’s new S… https://t.co/B9yHJ8meji