I often struggle to find a proper schedule for managing a semi-decent caffeine high over the course of my workday. I’ll start with a nice hot mug of java around 6:00 am and that carries me through my morning commute to the office, with all the niceties of road rage that ensure on my drive. To be clear, I’m not the one with the road rage, the caffeine simply allows me to cleverly respond to angry drivers via passive aggressive looks of disappointment from behind my closed driver’s side window. Once I arrive to work, the caffeine will still be doing its magic, but it’ll start to peter out around 10:30 am, at which time I proceed to drink an espresso shot from the lil’ machine in the workspace kitchen. This will give me a solid two hours before wearing off, and allowing me a brief gap to be hungry for lunch. My dilemma emerges around 12:30 pm when I’m not sure if I should push through and finish strong or grab one more cup.
Any recommendations? Well, here’s what you missed in the news yesterday
Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Say What?
Walk, don’t run, sports fans! The rumors are true! Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, and specific to this update, Virgin Galactic, successfully completed the fourth test for his commercial spaceship known as the VSS Unity or SpaceShipTwo by certain experts.
According to reports, the aircraft took at 7:30 am on Thursday morning, climbed over 52 miles of altitude and hit a top speed of Mach 2.9, or 2225.08 miles per hour for you non-aerospace plebeians. Continuing the brief aerospace lesson for a hot moment. When reports say SpaceShipTwo reached the “edge of space,” they are referring to the internationally recognized Karman line. Referencing the always faithful Wikipedia definition, the Karman line “lies at an altitude of 100km (62 miles, 330,000 ft) above Earth’s sea level and commonly represents the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.” So, to put it nicely, the two astronauts aboard Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft didn’t quite reach space just yet.
“Incremental flight test programs are by definition open-ended and, to a great extent, each test depends on the data from the test that precedes it. There is no guarantee that everything will work perfectly the first time and, like all programs seeking to take bold steps, we will inevitably have times when things don’t go as planned.”
–Official statement from Virgin Galactic regarding VSS Unity test flight
This Country Makes No Sense Anymore
I like to believe that people are inherently good-natured but when news submerges that dozens of businesses across the US and Canada received email bomb threats on Thursday, I start to think otherwise. Yes, emails went out to businesses is San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Miami, and several provinces in Canada demanding $20,000 in Bitcoin or else the location that received the email would be blown up.
The email reads:
“Hello. I write to inform you that my man carried the explosive device (lead azide) into the building where your company is conducted. It was built according to my guide. It can be hidden anywhere because of its small size, it is impossible to destroy the structure of the building by my explosive, but if it explodes there will be many wounded people.
My mercenary is controlling the situation around the building. If he notices any suspicious behavior, panic, or emergency, he will power the bomb…
