“Tough as Jens Voigt”
As you may know, we like to keep a close eye on the Twitterverse (you can find us at @macsales) and, occasionally find OWC as a topic of discussion. Well, this morning, Twitter user @maddogmedia posted the comment “I’ve been using OWC drives fo...
OWC Closed for Labor Day
OWC will be closed Monday, September 5, 2011 in observance of Labor Day. We will be reopen on Tuesday, Septeber 6, 2011. We wish a happy and safe holiday to all of our customers.
Friday’s Shuttle Launch Marks the End of an Era.
Before I watched the Atlantis lift off on Friday, the last time I saw a Space Shuttle launch live as it happened was on a TV cart wheeled in to the classroom when I was in the fifth grade. It wasn’t a common happening – this was a special event...
OWC Closed for Independence Day
From all of us at Other World Computing, we would like to wish all of our customers a very happy 4th of July. Independence Day is celebrated every Fourth of July in the United States, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on Jul...
OWC Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
Other World Computing will be closed today, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. We will return to normal business operations tomorrow, May 31, beginning at 12:01AM CT with Live Chat. Our normal telephone support resumes at 8:00AM CT. Our sincere tha...
OWC TV – OWC’s April Shuttle Event
OWC Meghan caught up with Cathy Brinkworth of the Last Shuttle Project and Steve Otten, Executive Director of the Challenger Learning Center during OWCs shuttle program commemoration party on April 19 to get their take on the end of the Shuttle age. Wi...
OWC Has “Shuttle Night” At Challenger Center
Last night, OWC paid a visit to the Challenger Learning Center in Woodstock, IL to celebrate what would have been the second-to-last Space Shuttle launch. Though the launch itself was delayed until the 29th, it didn’t ruin the mood of the evening, as...
Challenger Center Hosts a Family Science Night.
While we seem to have been posting a bunch of space-related stories lately, this one hits a lot closer to home for us – quite literally. OWC has been a big sponsor of the Challenger Learning Center here in Woodstock, IL, over the years and we’l...
OWC Supports “The Last Shuttle” Project
In case you haven’t been following up on these sorts of things: the date of the final Space Shuttle launch is rapidly approaching. For the last 30 years, the Space Shuttle has served to carry numerous satellites and payloads into Low Earth Orbit (LEO...
OWC lends a “hand” to local Arts Center.
OWC recently went out on the town to drum up some awareness of one of our newest local business ventures — OWC Pro IT Services (OPIS) — and did it in quasi-Vegas style. With The Raue Center for the Arts holding its 2nd annual Texas Hold ‘Em Tourn...
Blizzard of 2011 Photos From Woodstock IL
The official count says approximately 20 inches of snow fell across the Chicagoland area from the “snowpocalypse” that raged with even lightning at times from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. However, out here in Woodstock, though, we ...
Rare Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Full lunar eclipses are pretty darn cool; The moon turns dark along the edge, then becomes a deep rust colored red before reversing the process a couple hours later. Admittedly, they’re not quite as spectacular as a total solar eclipse. No sudden dar...
