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Xeni Jardin is an American author, blogger and tech culture journalist, best known as co-editor of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, as a contributor to Wired magazine and Wired News, and as a correspondent for the National Public Radio show Day to Day.

• xenijardin: (now hearing about the utterly badass rocket design, and fuel types, fuel burning process.)

  04:41:52 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Sorry, iPhone wants to correct Binnie to Bonnie.

  04:40:00 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: SpaceShipOne on left, larger crew capacity of SpaceShipTwo on right. Bonnie describing other design differences. http://twitpic.com/1hfi25

  04:38:50 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: "feather up" = move spaceship's wings into vertical position (useful tactic when encountering weather)

  04:35:19 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Ooooh. Binnie shows inside of SS2 cockpit. Homegrown avionics. They developed.

  04:31:37 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: (Paris Hilton's head on screen). Binnie: "There may be some money in figuring out how to keep some celebrities up there."

  04:29:48 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @maggiekb1 plan to ask if there's a QA.

  04:26:13 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Binnie: so between the current cost of putting a human in space and the theoretical cost of the energy involved, we have room to explore.

  04:24:31 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Binnie: Each US shuttle flight $1bn, so $100MM per person (astronaut). The actual energy required to put a 200lb person in space? $110ish.

  04:23:01 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Binnie now replays SpaceShipOne original cockpit flight footage from 2004. Still gives me chills. I was there on the ground.

  04:20:08 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Along with NASA types, space fans, science buffs, and the Ansaris, who wants to go? All of them, and you. http://twitpic.com/1hfck8

  04:15:55 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: "Space travel: now enabled for everyone." spaceports in CA, Ohio, Texas, int'l ones in Abu Dhabi, Scotland, and elsewhere.

  04:12:58 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Binnie: "5 yrs from now there will be competing space lines. 10 yrs your children can go up, 15 yrs there will be a destination go to."

  04:09:33 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Brian Binnie, space rockstar, takes the stage.

  03:55:31 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: "Virgle Intergalactic" packages include everything from lunar honeymoons to a Spring Break "dark side" tour. Goldman Sachs deluxe available.

  03:48:58 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Project Virgle was an April Fools joke but Sir Richard is discussing Google/Virgin collaborations with humor. http://twitpic.com/1hf60x

  03:47:39 am on April 22, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @maggiekb1: Snuggling with an elephant seal http://bit.ly/aZ03LS +10 better than swimming w/ dolphins. Plus some context from Aq. of ...

  07:30:22 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @RUBENBOLLING: TOM THE DANCING BUG NOW ON BOING BOING. See www.tomthedancingbug.com for details

  07:28:53 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @BoingBoing: Charting the Frozen Continent, a special feature by @maggiekb1: http://www.boingboing.net/features/antarctica.html

  07:08:54 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @RUBENBOLLING: Oh, and this week's comic... on Boing Boing: God-Man and Billy Billings http://bit.ly/9MZ9eD

  07:06:05 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: PS: Big thanks to @eecue for the rockin' coachella performance photos: http://bit.ly/aYZe64

  03:26:13 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @BoingBoing: Die Antwoord's US debut at Coachella: interview with Xeni (Boing Boing Video) #coachella #dieantwoord http://bit.ly/aYZe64

  02:52:15 pm on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Thanks. Here's that phenomenal doc I watched this evening. RT @craigbates: @xenijardin Link to share on 'Frontline' http://j.mp/brVGOR

  06:28:09 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @ianchesal same vein, yeah. Super super sad. Amazing Frontline doc, though, both the filmmaker & child who becomes focal point are so brave.

  06:13:05 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Oh my god. Watching incredible Frontline doc, "Dancing Boys of Afghanistan," about sexually abused boys & impunity for abusers. :( #fb

  05:45:35 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: HOWTO sneak Hitler onto YouTube http://bit.ly/cDMwsg (PS: all you stoners celebrating 420, guess what: also that bastard's birthday) #fb

  02:44:14 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @garybaseman: http://twitpic.com/1h4o36 - NINJA, Yo-landi (@dieantwoord), and ChouChou

  01:52:31 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @garybaseman hahaha you guys went to @VeggieGrill! I learned this weekend that @dieantwoord are vegetarians. That's great. :)

  01:51:53 am on April 21, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Who's doing good reportage on Qinghai (Kham) quake & relief efforts? I've been mono-focused on more frivolous pursuits lately, plan to blog.

  07:17:23 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Among the 1000+ neglected emails this morning, one (non-spam) for which the subject was: VITAL INFO FOR COCAINE BESTIALITY FARM STORY

  07:11:48 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @lorelei gosh, i really hope frodo was able to throw the ring into eyjafjallajokull. sauron still seems pretty pissed.

  05:14:10 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @Rawkreative: @xenijardin Obama was in LA doing the same thing as Coachella organizers: milking the faithful of serious cash & creati ...

  05:03:11 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @joeljohnson Bieber walks into a milkbar, leaves his sex hamster on a barstool. Gaga retrieves it, sells to Apple. That's good for 9m pvs.

  04:52:31 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @joeljohnson may I suggest a well-crafted sex scandal involving Bieber or Gaga plus hamsters?

  04:48:23 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @DJPremierBlog: The man has found his peace, far way from the devil. R.I.P. GURU / GANG STARR

  04:39:06 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: What the hell is Obama doing in LA? He wasn't on the Coachella lineup.

  04:38:44 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @BoingBoing: RIP Guru of Gang Starr http://bit.ly/dizLfv

  04:02:49 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RIP, Guru.

  04:01:07 pm on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @oxbloodruffin: EFF: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information http://is.gd/bA6Nc

  05:17:23 am on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Editing @dieantwoord live Coachella intvu w @ericmittleman for @BoingBoing tomorw. #fb http://twitpic.com/1gys3e http://twitpic.com/1gys2z

  04:53:46 am on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Editing @dieantwoord live Coachella intvu w @ericmittleman for @BoingBoing tmrw. http://twitpic.com/1gys3e http://twitpic.com/1gys2z

  04:52:06 am on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Finally home from Coachella. So exhausted from pushing away exhaustion that I can't sleep. If I owe you email, thanks for your patience.

  04:25:10 am on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: RT @BreakingNews: Gray whale that washed up dead near Seattle has a large volume of trash in belly, including a pair of sweat pants, sci ...

  03:18:38 am on April 20, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: @VeggieGrill I can haz V Cheezburger. Eating one right now, first meal back from Coachella. Exhausted, and it is my comfort food!

  11:17:24 pm on April 19, 2010 |
   

• xenijardin: Almost as disturbing as moment was IRL. Was leaning on me. RT @tara Pic of Ripley w @danny_devito's foot @ Coachella http://awe.sm/54N9J #fb

  09:16:06 pm on April 19, 2010 |
   

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