ICELAND, WPI, AND THE PLAN
I REGRET THAT my undergraduate years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were before The Plan. My graduation coincided with the 100th anniversary of this solidly traditional engineering school “founded on a … Continue reading
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE UNDEAD
WHAT WITH Halloween approaching, and with the world’s greatest consulting detective being immortal, it’s not inappropriate to address Holmes and the Undead. Scary. Here are tidbits from the Sacred Canon, … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS HITCHING
CHAROLETTE RICHARDS is 86 now, and her Little White Chapel, 1301 Las Vegas Boulevard, is up for sale with an asking price of $12 million. Cassidy George asks, “Why Won’t … Continue reading
OPTIMIZING RENEWABLE ENERGY
TRUMP ON RENEWABLES: “The wind and the television go off. And your wives and husbands say: ‘Darling, I want to watch Donald Trump on television tonight. But the wind stopped … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS TIDBITS
THERE’S A WEALTH of insider stuff published each week in Automotive News. Plus lots of tidbits that are entertaining, even to non car-buffs. Here’s a sampling, in no particular order, … Continue reading
WHEELS INSTEAD OF WINGS
E.L. CORD, of Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg fame, exhibited a special-bodied, aerodynamic Auburn Cabin Speedster at the 1929 Los Angeles Auto Show. Inspiration came from Charles Lindbergh who set more than … Continue reading
TRANSPORTATION ART, UTILITY, AND PLAY
EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY transport offered enhanced mobility in a multiplicity of ways. Balloons had been around for more than a century. Internal combustion gave them directionality despite whims of the wind. … Continue reading
BUILDING A UGEARS TRAM
THIS MAY SET a new record for procrastination on my part: Back on August 27, 2016, I ended the SimanaitisSays item “Building the UGears Pneumatic Engine” by saying, “All in … Continue reading
THE ATLANTIC REDUX PART 2
YESTERDAY HERE at SimanaitisSays, Daniel Patrick Moynihan was quoted saying, “You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.” Today in Part 2, … Continue reading
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A TYPEFACE GETTING NO RESPECT
THE POINT OF putting a thought into print is to preserve and share it. The choice of typography (this word from the Greek: loosely “an impression pictured”) is a complex … Continue reading →