by Rob Cottingham | Aug 26, 2015 | Everything Else
At 02:32 hours, an unidentified object was identified in low Earth orbit and tracked by NORAD. At 02:58, the object broke orbit and entered the atmosphere. Consistent with the Janus Protocol, a squadron of three pursuit aircraft (US and Russian) were scrambled to... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 24, 2015 | Technology
I think the aging starcraft knew as I did that the next time would be our last: that they’d have us—and with us, the Arcturan Protocol. That was the one eventuality I couldn’t accept. I flipped the control yolk over, centered the implacable rock of the... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 10, 2014 | Everything Else
“I must have been doing 120, 125 when I started to feel the wheel fight me. Snarling, I pulled too hard. The wheels bit into gravel and the rubber screamed its fury—and then the sky spun under the wheels, and I realized that if I died at this moment, my only... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 19, 2014 | Everything Else
There once was a user named Rob / who piled tabs up like a slob / His actions were rash / and Firefox crashed / please spare him a tear or a sob. I’ve decided that people who create great software — especially great open-source software, like Mozilla’s... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 12, 2014 | Technology
I was switching to a stalled tab when Firefox quit — but I don’t know if that was the cause. Maybe it’s me. You put so many of your dreams on hold when you become an adult, and every choice you make seems to slaughter a million other possibilities. Click...