JUST GIVE HOLMES A HAND
WE CAN THANK the world’s first consulting detective for conceiving manual forensics, identifying criminals (and the rest of us) by examining the person’s hands. In The Sign of Four, one … Continue reading
PIPE ME A BREW, DUDE
I ALREADY KNEW BRUGES had the prettiest girls in Belgium. See formosis Bruga puellis here at SimanaitisSays. New, however, is a 2-mile underground pipeline of beer, a 21st-century approach to … Continue reading
FIE ON AUTO-CORRECT!
I’VE DISARMED THE auto-correct on both sides of my PC/Apple machine. I’ve had enough of fighting with its opinions on what I really mean. More often than not, it’s wrong; … Continue reading
AUTONOMOUS BLUES
SORRY FOR THIS recurring fixation on autonomous cars. I’ve already questioned several practical aspects in ”Autonomous Vehicle Worries” and ethical ones in ”Autonomous Kills. These are put in perspective by … Continue reading
THE (UNINTENDED) WIT OF SAMUEL GOLDWYN
HOLLYWOOD MAGNATE Samuel Goldwyn had a marvelous way with the English language. More often than not, English placed second. I recently came across a great line attributed to him: “ … Continue reading
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PUZZLES AND DELIGHTS
ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT continues to puzzle and delight. He designed a building to celebrate flat objects with nary a flat wall, yet it functions splendidly. He defined an office … Continue reading
WE KEEP SHEEP, Y’KNOW
THIS ALL STARTED with Wife Dottie and Panaramus, her childhood pet lamb, who climbed the hay bale stack with her and the dogs. Years later, Wife Dottie learned the art … Continue reading
YIPPEE CAHIER
BERNARD CAHIER, PHOTO-JOURNALIST extraordinaire, represented R&T in Europe over four decades. I recall reading of his adventures with the Formula One contingent back in the 1950s; I had the pleasure … Continue reading
NANOPOROUS FABRICS MAY KEEP US COOL
THE SAME SCIENTIFIC principle that explains a blue sky might bring new fabrics that keep us cool. Researchers have recently engineered polyethylenes that are measurably better than cotton or “cool” … Continue reading
EARLY AVIATION MOVIES
I WAS BROWSING in Aeroplane (or Flying machine) Scrap Book Number 3 1911-1941 and read an ad for an early aviation flick, The Air Mail, 1925. This got me wondering … Continue reading
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