Apple starts charging Apple Watch orders, preparing units for shipping - Ahead of an official launch later this week, Apple on Monday began charging full Apple Watch order amounts to customer credit and debit cards, while updating the official status of certain orders from processing to preparing for shipment.
(Via AppleInsider.)
Astronaut snaps epic 'Star Trek' selfie in space - Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti pays tribute to a "Star Trek" icon with a cosplay photo in zero gravity.
(Via CNET News.com.)
Coffee in space: A complete history (pictures) - An espresso machine tailored specially for the International Space Station caps a long love affair between astronauts and caffeine.
(Via CNET News.com.)
GoPro Footage From the Edge of Space -
GoPro footage is the most recent tool for communication from the brink of exploration.
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
Pointers: Safe downloading on Macs - 
Look, we're not on Windows PCs here. Yet, even though we don't have the same overwhelming problems with viruses, that doesn't mean we should invite trouble. You can download apps that don't do what they claim, and instead do all sorts of things they shouldn't. Consequently, it is a very good thing that Apple has safeguards in place – yet those same safeguards are a problem for some of the very finest Mac software around ...
Living With: Blue Snowball USB microphones - 
We've been writing a lot lately about some of the aspects involved in podcasting -- see this Pointers column as an example -- as well as moving our own site example of the form, The MacNN Podcast, to Soundcloud and now (finally) iTunes for better distribution. For some of our staff that contribute to the broadcast, its meant getting a decent microphone for the first time. As a veteran podcaster, currently a regular on no less than three very different podcasts, I generally recommend the Blue Snowball USB ...
Vinyl is back, and now it has its own UK top 40 - 
Vinyl is making a comeback. Album sales in the UK climbed to 1.29 million last year -- the first time the 1 million mark has been surpassed since 1996. The format is still just a fraction of the total UK albums market (1.5 percent, to be precise) but...
