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MacDevCenter.com: Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 4 by y Fran�ois Joseph de Kermadec — This is the fourth part of a series discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Today’s focus is on what to bring on the road.

Today, Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Group has entered into an agreement to license the technology to develop the world�s first privately funded spaceships dedicated to carrying commercial passengers on space flights. The technology is currently owned by a Paul Allen company called Mojave Aerospace Ventures (�M.A.V.�) and was originally developed to fulfil Paul Allen�s vision of building the world�s first privately funded, reusable space vehicle (�SpaceShipOne�), which will undertake its first Ansari X Prize flight later this week. The licensing deal with M.A.V. could be worth up to �14 million ($21.5 million) over the next fifteen years depending on the number of spaceships built by Virgin.

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 3 by François Joseph de Kermadec and François Joseph de Kermadec — This is the third part of a series discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Today’s focus is software encryption and those pesky networks you have to deal with on the road.

MovableType users can publish to Mac.com. The pages are static, so no CGI, but you can retain your blog interface and keep your style sheets. Here are basic instructions.
This is work in progress, and I’ll correct, edit, and update as time permits.

NASA is assessing the damage from Hurricane Frances.
They dodged a bullet with superficial damage to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the facility that manufactures the Shuttle Thermal Protection System tiles and blankets. But with aproximately 1000 panels missing from the side of the VAB, the concern is with Hurricane Ivan. They have […]

Photos from this year’s Tehachapi Mountain Festival Parade.
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Here’s part 2
Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 2 by François Joseph de Kermadec — This is the second part of a series that will run over the next few weeks discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Now that you’ve made your travel preparations as described in part one, […]

O’Reilly has started a series on their Mac Dev Center site.
“Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 1 by François Joseph de Kermadec — In this first part of an ongoing series about traveling safely with your PowerBook or iBook, you’ll learn that preparation is one of the keys to peace of mind. F.J. helps […]

According to this story Hurricane Frances may be capable of ending the Space Shuttle Program.