Still more weird crap around Chez Mike. The most casual of space collectors go with the basics, that is, autographs of astronauts, mission patches, and maybe some of the paperweights that have small fragments of a document or insulation from one of the missions. The serious space collectors, the aging baby-boomers with a little extra cash in hand go after hardware. Leftover hardware or someone’s souvenirs collected by dad or grandparents who...

Now it can be told. We here at Distant Suns World Headquarters for Intergalactic Mischief can now proudly announce the release of Distant Suns for both the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color and the NOOK Tablet, as well as Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It has many of the  fine features of Distant Suns for iOS, such as: Displays the evening’s sky with over 130,000 stars Change the date and time to show the sky of the past or future, like having a...

Well, the big knife-switch on the wall was thrown a couple of days ago, with a maniacal laugh shouting “it’s ALIVE!” (bwah bwah, bwah….). And so far it seems to be holding together. Tune in for various contests, announcements and a few “gosh, this is really cool!” postings in the forthcoming months. Per aspera ad astra.