Merry Christmas! Tell a Martian Too!

by Marco Chiappetta — Sunday, December 24, 2006, 11:30 AM EDT

Hello everyone! And a Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating the holiday, from all of us here at HotHardware.com. Most of the crew will be spending time with family and friends tonight and tomorrow, but we'll check in with a tid-bit or two to keep your appetite for technology satiated.

For now, we've got something fun for you, just in time for Christmas. If you head on over to the Planetary Society's page, you can fill out a form and have your name included on a DVD that will be sent to Mars...

"Simply fill out the form below and your name will be included on the Phoenix DVD along with Visions of Mars, a collection of Mars literature and art, and personal messages to the future by space visionaries of our time such as Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke."

Just remember to sign your name in Martian, otherwise the little green men (elves?) won't understand what you're trying to say. :) Merry Christmas!

Tags: Merry Christmas, Christmas, art, Mer, RT, AR

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com