Hello friends! I hope you’re having a good year so far. I’m enjoying the onset of summer. I recently had a mini-adventure while mowing my father-in-law’s lawn, since it had overgrown to the point of having grass two feet tall! (He usually mows it himself, but he broke his arm while figure skating!) I’ve been alternating between being very lazy and having little bursts of productivity. I’m making good progress on my next novel, Jukebox Heroes, but I’m aware that I really have to finish editing...
10 days ago • 3 min read
Hello friends! I have a bunch of cool stories about space and science fiction ready for this month, but something really exciting happened to me today and I wanted to share it with you. (I'm also sending it to my Micro History readers, who I hope don't mind!) Ars Technica published the first of my three-part series on the History of the Internet. It's nerdy but fun tech history from 1969 to 1989. You can read it here:...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello my friends! And welcome to all new subscribers! Many of you are getting this newsletter for the first time. That’s because I had a bunch of subscribers from a different sign-up process that weren’t automatically getting included in the email list. I’ve fixed that, so welcome in! Spaaaaaaaaace News! February was been a big month for space! Here are just a few of the things that have happened: JWST took an amazing image of Wolf-Rayet 140, a binary star system 5000 light-years away, that’s...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Hello friends! I know I haven’t sent one of these newsletters in a while — but I’m hoping to get back on track with a regular monthly schedule from now on! I’ve been busy starting up my new YouTube channel and also one other thing that I’ll talk about at the end of the newsletter, so stay tuned! Spaaaaace News! There has been a whole galaxy of space news since the last newsletter, but the biggest thing was the total solar eclipse in April that was visible from most of the eastern part of...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hello friends! This is a special newsletter just to let everyone know about an exciting new thing I'm announcing today. For a long time, I had a dream about chronicling the history of personal computing, which is a special passion of mine. I'm happy to finally announce that I've launched a brand new YouTube channel AND a new website called Micro History, to do just that. And the first episode is live right now! If I look confused in this screenshot, it's hopefully intentional Don't worry, I'm...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hello friends! I didn’t quite get this one out in time for January, for reasons that will become clear by the end of this newsletter. But that only means that there is a lot of space and sci fi news to get to, so buckle up! Spaaaaaaaace News! The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed their “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon” (SLIM) on target on January 19, but… it was a little bumpy. It hit the lunar surface on its side, bending its solar panels out of position and forcing the...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hello friends! It’s the last day of 2023! So I thought I’d go over all the news from Space and Sci Fi, and look back at some of my favorite moments from this year. Top moments in Space News! There were many cool announcements and discoveries this year, but my personal favorite was the announcement of Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen as one of the crew for Artemis II, the round-the-moon-and-back mission scheduled for late 2024. (Artemis I, which had no crew but made the same trip, happened in...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hello friends, and welcome new subscribers! I’m back! I took a break over the summer from publishing this newsletter, and after that I had a wonderful vacation in Japan for three weeks. But here we are in November, so I decided it was time to get back to business. There’s a lot to talk about! Space News The JWST space telescope has been busy. In August, it discovered the most distant star ever. Nicknamed “Earendel”, it’s over 13 billion light years away, and the light we’re seeing comes from...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
