Mastodawn

I'm delighted to be a panelist and case competition judge at the CASI Beyond Earth: The Next Frontier Space Conference at Toronto Metropolitan University this weekend organized by the TMU student chapter of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.

Eric Choi Mar 12

Il y aura une célébration de la vie de Jean-Louis Trudel à Québec le samedi 2 mai 2026 à 13:00h au Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont (701, avenue Nérée-Tremblay).

There will be a celebration of life for Jean-Louis Trudel in Québec City on Saturday, May 2nd at 1:00pm at Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont (701, avenue Nérée-Tremblay).

https://magnuspoirier.com/en/obituaries/140340/jean-louis-trudel/

JEAN-LOUIS TRUDEL

C’est avec grande tristesse que nous partageons le décès de M. Jean-Louis Trudel, survenu soudainement le 17 novembre 2025 à Vilnius, en Lituanie. Jean-Louis av...

Magnus Poirier

Eric Choi Mar 8

Classic Chinese tomato egg dish (mostly) following a recipe my brother recommended on YouTube. I didn't rub the tomatoes in flour and I skipped the green pepper. Served on brown basmati and wild rice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-YJDeB73s

Eric Choi Mar 1

Shelby Jacobs played a key role in the development of a camera system that filmed stage separation events during launches of the Saturn V rocket. These images became iconic and have appeared in countless places including the original series Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth" which used footage of the jettisoning of the first stage during the Apollo 4 test launch.

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/shelby-jacobs-and-saturn-v-camera-system

Shelby Jacobs and the Saturn V Camera System

Jacobs played a key role in developing and managing the “pop pod” camera system that filmed Saturn V stage separation in flight—footage that helped ensure the safety of future Moon missions and offered early views of Earth from orbit.

Eric Choi Feb 28

Here is an excellent article from @guardian with suggestions for non-American tech alternatives (including Mastadon!).

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

The Guardian

Eric Choi Feb 26

This is a good story.

https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-01/on-behalf-of-lake-owakeela/

On Behalf of Lake Owakeela

I am not the ‘clever young legal scholar’ as has been alleged. The idea didn’t arise because I am brilliant or original. It only happened because, one night, after I had given up before trying, Lake Owakeela talked to me.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Eric Choi Feb 23

Holy crap, there's a scene-by-scene Wrath of Khan muppet parody!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1k83j-w8k8

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN first encounter HANDELLAS parody

YouTube

Eric Choi Feb 21

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Feb 21

And our little podcast is LIVE on Twitch for our weekly livestream.

Join us for this wondrous edition of SF AT School. Eric Choi joins us to talk about aerospace engineering and science fiction!

If you have your own questions, bring them to chat!

https://www.twitch.tv/alphabetstreams

Eric Choi Feb 21

Show thread

Trish E. Matson Feb 21

@skiffyandfanty I really enjoyed interviewing Eric Choi this evening. Good conversation! I forgot to promote the livestream, but the video should be on Twitch reasonably soon, and on YouTube and in our podcast feed sometime next week.

Eric Choi Feb 20

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Feb 20

In just one hour, we'll go live on Twitch for our weekly live podcast!

Tonight's episode is a new edition of SF At School, our educational geek subcast.

Eric Choi will join us to talk about aerospace engineering.

7 PM Central. We hope to see you there!

https://www.twitch.tv/alphabetstreams