HOLMES ON THE WIRELESS PART 2
RADIO RENDITIONS of Holmes wireless adventures yesterday at SimanaitisSays involved famed Sherlockian William Gillette and unsung portrayals by others on pioneer radio stations. Today, in Part 2, let’s make room … Continue reading
HOLMES ON THE WIRELESS PART 1
DEVELOPMENT OF the wireless coincided with Sherlock Holmes’ retirement from being the world’s first consulting detective. His last bow, chronicled by Dr. John H. Watson and cleverly enough titled “His … Continue reading
GETTING ANSTY ABOUT NAVIGATION
AT SUPERFICIAL GLANCE, ants seem to alternate between random walks and purposeful straightline travel. Scientists at Aix Marseille University in Marseille, France, have created an AntBot that delves beyond the … Continue reading
EARTH PHOTOBOMBS THE BAD SIDE OF THE MOON
LINK THE FOLLOWING: Chinese space engineers, professors and students at China’s Harbin Institute of Technology, Dutch amateur radio astronomers, and Bernie Taupin. Back in 1970, poet/lyricist Bernie Taupin wrote “Bad … Continue reading
SHERIDAN’S THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL PART 2
WITHIN THE FIRST few lines of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the play’s satirical intent is evident: Lady Sneerwell says to her accomplice, “Did you circulate the … Continue reading
SHERIDAN’S THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL PART 1
IF EVER THERE WERE a theatrical title sounding timely, it would be Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal. Even its character names have resonance today, among them Sir Benjamin … Continue reading
THE VERY LARGE AND THE VERY SMALL
AT FIRST GLANCE, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 should be large enough. And, at the other extreme, 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001 would seem small indeed. Nope. Within a couple of decades, global data storage may exceed 1024, … Continue reading
ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST
THE FIRST SILVER GHOST, Rolls-Royce chassis no. 60551, wasn’t initially an official model name. The moniker “Silver Ghost” was given to a particular 1907 Rolls-Royce, back when “motors,” as automobiles … Continue reading
WHAT’S THAT IN OLD ENGLISH? PART 2
YESTERDAY IN “What’s That in Old English Part 1,” we concluded with edhwierfe!, the Old English verb “to return” in its imperative singular case. Given that you have returned, today … Continue reading
WHAT’S THAT IN OLD ENGLISH? PART 1
HERE ARE some tidbits about Old English, OE, for short, gleaned from a recent exhibition at the British Museum, a BBC article reviewing this exhibition, and my usual Internet sleuthing. … Continue reading
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