FERRARI 2+2—A GRAND IDEA SIXTY YEARS AGO
I WINCE ONLY A LITTLE WHEN Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna calls the Purosangue a “sports car.” This latest Ferrari has four doors, one for each seat, a rear hatch, all-wheel … Continue reading
DISSING (MERELY FOR CONTRAST) PART 2
COLIN M. JARMAN WAS KNOWN as the King of Quotes, and he certainly earned this in Barbed Quotes: Mudslinging, Backstabbing, and Celebrity Dirt Dishing. Here we continue sharing quotes from … Continue reading
DISSING (MERELY FOR CONTRAST) PART 1
I WOULDN’T WANT this website’s occasional niceties to get in the way of reality. Thus, here I offer a book review replete with tidbits of its dissing. What with one … Continue reading
WHAT’S MY “BEST-BY” DATE? PART 2
IN PART 1 YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED the food terms “Best-By,” “Sell-By,” and “Use-By.” Today’s Part 2 continues with the crucial aspect of food waste, a specific matter of eggs, and … Continue reading
WHAT’S MY “BEST-BY” DATE? PART 1
“EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY, I’m getter better and better,” or so said Émile Coué. Not that I would agree with everything Coué said. Nevertheless, there is certainly something to … Continue reading
DUCTED FAN AD EXTREMUS PART 2
LUIGI STIPA’S INTUBED PROPELLER concept may have been derided as the “flying barrel,” but Stipa had done his homework. Here in Part 2, we’ll see whether theory translated into practice. … Continue reading
DUCTED FAN AD EXTREMUS PART 1
SENSING MY PENCHANT for GMax modeling of odd aircraft, a reader recently asked me about doing a Stipa-Caproni “Flying Barrel.” Surely it’s one of the oddest things ever to take … Continue reading
THE TYPE 44 BUGATTI—“A GENTLEMAN’S CARRIAGE”
IN HIS BUGATTI MAGNUM, HUGH CONWAY wrote “… the new 3 litre car, Type 44, which came out in October 1927 in time for the Motor Salons was clearly destined … Continue reading
THE SAVOYARDS, PHANTASMAGORIAS, AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE BROADWAY MUSICALS
I’VE BEEN ENJOYING The Cinema in Flux, Lenny Lipton’s 795-page celebration of everything from magic lanterns to digital projection. Tidbits here are about itinerant lanternists, some scaring the bejesus out … Continue reading
THE WHALE’S WONDERFUL NET
IMAGINE THE CHALLENGES CONFRONTING terrestrial ancestors of dolphins and whales: Exponential increases in drag forces when moving through water, higher hydrostatic pressures at depth, and extreme breath-holding requirements to function … Continue reading
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