THERE WERE SPRITES IN OUR GARAGES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, tidbits were gleaned from R&T’s road test of the all-new 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite. Today in Part 2 comments are shared by a pal who managed to … Continue reading
THERE WERE SPRITES IN OUR GARAGES PART 1
LIKE THE COTTINGLEY FAIRIES that resided in Holmes literary agent Arthur Conan Doyle’s garden, for awhile Sprites resided in our driveways and garages. In fact, I know of one that … Continue reading
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF REDUCING CO2
A RECENT CBS NEWS ITEM shares fascinating information about reducing global CO2 emissions. Ben Tracy and Analisa Novak give details January 16, 2023, in “Cement Industry Accounts for About 8% … Continue reading
THE GREAT FRICATIVE SHIFT, GRIMM’S LAW, AND WIFE DOTTIE’S KIN PART 2
TODAY WE PICK UP with Part 2, bringing the Brothers Grimm into the tale of Friedrich von Schlegel’s philology (not to say his other activities with Felix Mendelssohn’s auntie). The … Continue reading
THE GREAT FRICATIVE SHIFT, GRIMM’S LAW, AND WIFE DOTTIE’S KIN PART 1
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING or other in Stephen Fry’s Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined, when I came upon the Appendices of this marvelous book. In its “Feet and Toes” … Continue reading
MADE IN SPACE PART 2
YESTERDAY, BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES of space manufacturing were introduced. Today, NASA takes them aboard the International Space Station, where, among other oddities, water doesn’t “drip.” Other researchers explore the benefits … Continue reading
MADE IN SPACE PART 1
TANTALIZING BENEFITS EXIST producing stuff in zero gravity. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits gleaned from several sources, including work taking place on the International … Continue reading
“IT DON’T MEAN A THING IF….”
MARIA GODOY REPORTS in NPR, January 18, 2023, “What Makes That Song Swing? At Last, Physicists Unravel a Jazz Mystery.” As a regular listener of “40’s Junction,” SiriusXM’s Swing Era … Continue reading
NOT JUST THE LINING, BUT THE ENTIRE CLOUD
THE ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER CLOUD was “a lady of quality, unruffled in a crisis,” or so described R&T, May 1958. No specific crisis was cited; could it have been exposure to … Continue reading
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