SAE INTERNATIONAL ON SMART CITIES PART 1
WE HAVE SMARTS GALORE: smart phones, smart kitchen appliances, smart clothes, smart cars, even smart cities. But what exactly does this term mean? More than just stamping the tops of … Continue reading
MUSLIM LORE—FROM GLUBB PASHA AND THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE PART 2
YESTERDAY, SIR JOHN BAGOT GLUBB described the high points of Islamic culture culminating in 732, only a hundred years after the death of Muhammud. Today in Part 2, we glean … Continue reading
MUSLIM LORE—FROM GLUBB PASHA AND THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE PART 1
HAVING ONCE MET Sir John Bagot Glubb, aka Glubb Pasha, I now and again enjoy perusing his authoritative and most readable account of the founder of Islam. The Los Angeles … Continue reading
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE—MOTOR RACING ENTHUSIAST
IN APRIL 1963 R&T (and not part of any April Fooling), J.H. Greene offered “Shakespeare on Sports Cars,” a thoughtful literary analysis confirming that the Bard of Avon was a … Continue reading
ST PAUL’S LORE PART 2
AN IMAGINARY STROLL initiated by Stephen Browning’s On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes led me past the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle. Who would have guessed it would … Continue reading
ST PAUL’S LORE PART 1
I WAS STROLLING with the world’s first Consulting Detective and his able chronicler past St. Paul’s Cathedral; this, encouraged by Stephen Browning’s On the Trail of Sherlock Holmes. Browning describes … Continue reading
CAN YOU FEEL ME NOW?
OUR CELL PHONES MAY FIND another use much to society’s benefit: assessing the structural integrity of bridges. Good News Network, November 4, 2022, reports, “Using the Golden Gate Bridge in … Continue reading
LOTUS 23—DRIVING IMPRESSIONS REPORTED BY HENRI L’AFITT
YESTERDAY, WE CELEBRATED the Lotus 23’s sports racing artistry, bred as horsey types might say “by Colin Anthony Chapman out of Lotus Formula Junior.” Today we share driving impressions of … Continue reading
LOTUS 23—FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION (ANOTHER ADAGE COMES TO MIND TOO)
“RACING IMPROVES THE BREED” has equestrian origins, and horsepower of another variety confirms this adage as well. As does architect Louis Sullivan’s axiom “Form follows function.” The Lotus 23 sports … Continue reading
AN ATOM’S ADVENTURE
“A METAL ATOM IS a metal atom,” says Alan Nelson, senior vice president for battery materials at Redwood Materials, a company that has specialized in recycling. “That element doesn’t know … Continue reading
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