SHERLOCK HOLMES COMICS
IT WOULD BE ANACHRONISTIC to call these “Holmes Manga,” but as comic authority Paul Gravett said of manga, they’re “more than telling a story, as much as feeling a story.” … Continue reading
TANDEM SOLAR CELLS OPTIMIZE THE SUN’S PHOTONS
A NEW GENERATION OF SOLAR-CELL ELECTRICITY can profit from more of the sun’s energy spectrum, as described in “Tandems Have The Power,” by Stefaan Wolf and Erkan Aydin in AAAS … Continue reading
PINEAPPLE TIDBITS
THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT websites such as Interesting Facts is their encouragement of additional Internet sleuthing. For instance, “Pineapples Were Once So Valuable, People Rented Them For Parties” immediately brings … Continue reading
WILL E-FUEL OR H-FUEL EXTEND THE ICE AGE?
THAT IS, ICE AS IN “internal combustion engine,” h- as in hydrogen, and e- as in the latest research efforts for a carbon-neutral replacement for gasoline and diesel. Richard Truett … Continue reading
HAPPY 400TH FIRST FOLIO
THE JUNE 2023 BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE has a fascinating article by Michael Wood on “400 Years of the First Folio.” Here are tidbits gleaned from Professor Wood’s piece, together with … Continue reading
JAGUAR TRIPPIN’—VIRTUALLY
THE JAGUAR HERITAGE TRUST is in Gaydon, south of Coventry in the English Midlands. It’s a vast continent and vast ocean from my home, but I’ve just tripped there—virtually. All … Continue reading
FILLING OUT FORMS PART 2
YESTERDAY, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS contributor Jonathan Sawday introduced us to filling out form A. 2042. Today in Part 2, we learn more of this and other bumf in Brit … Continue reading
FILLING OUT FORMS PART 1
JONATHAN SAWDAY’S “FILL IN THE BLANKS,” London Review of Books, June 29, 2023, shares vignettes of official correspondence employed by the British during the First World War. Like other LRB … Continue reading
TOYOTA TOYOPET DE LUXE—A 65-YEAR LOOK BACK
“WE BELIEVE,” WROTE R&T IN March 1958, “this is a first complete report of any kind of a new car whose significance may not be fully realized for at least … Continue reading
LISTEN UP! BUT TO WHAT? AND HOW?
THERE’S CONTROVERSY GALORE about old fashioned AM radio these days. At first thought, I would have said this is akin to arguing the merits of floppy discs or BetaMax or … Continue reading
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