F-JR FUN—ENJOYING AN ELVA AND AN ENVOY PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE SHARED MECHANICAL DETAILS of the Formula Junior Elva and Envoy gleaned from R&T June 1960 and February 1961 respectively. Today in Part 2, we read what the era’s … Continue reading
F-JR FUN—ENJOYING AN ELVA AND AN ENVOY PART 1
“FORMULA JUNIOR IS AN OPEN-WHEEL RACING class,” Wikipedia describes, “first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (International Sporting Commission, the part of the FIA that then regulated motorsports).” Wikipedia continues, “The … Continue reading
THE NECKER CUBE, ESCHER ILLOS, AND A CUBED CUBE
YESTERDAY IN “I Was Reading Wittgenstein the Other Day….,” LRB reviewer A.W. Moore cited “the two ways of seeing a Necker cube” appearing in Wittgenstein’s Proposition 5.5423. Though this cube … Continue reading
I WAS READING WITTGENSTEIN THE OTHER DAY….
WELL, YES, SO MUCH FOR that boastful opening. What I mean to say is that I was reading an article about Austrian philosopher Ludvig Wittgenstein in the London Review of … Continue reading
HORATIO’S TRIBUTE AND A RAYMOND CHANDLER FALSE LEAD
WHAT’S THE LINK BETWEEN Horatio’s last words in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Harry Jones’s final misleading in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep? This is the sort of thing that pops into … Continue reading
SOUTHEAST MUSINGS
THE DISCOVERER BLOG’S “10 ESSENTIAL STOPS Along the Southeastern Coast” rekindled memories of my own touring down that way. Several of these have already appeared here at SimanaitisSays, but I’d … Continue reading
MORE (CLEAN) ENERGY TO YA
“HOW DOES YOUR STATE MAKE ELECTRICITY,” asks Nadja Popovich in The New York Times, August 2, 2024. What’s more, she provides the answers in a most illustrative way. Here are … Continue reading
LET’S GO TO EXTREMES
HERE ARE TIDBITS OF GLOBAL EXTREMES of one sort or another gleaned from a variety of online sources. A principal one is the dailypassport website. Unexpected Geographical Superlatives. The dailypassport … Continue reading
1811: A VERY GOOD YEAR
ALAS, AAAA SCIENCE NOTES, “When it comes to understanding the medieval climate of Europe, scientists face a daunting issue: Europeans loved to chop down their oldest and biggest trees.” “Outside … Continue reading
WOULD YOU BUY A USED/NEW CAR FROM THIS GUY?
AS REPORTED BY VOICE OF AMERICA, July 28, 2024, “A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns … Continue reading
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