COMPUTING WITH QUANTA
LET’S TANTALIZE ourselves with a peek into the bizarre world of quantum physics, where an entirely new kind of computer offers capabilities unbelievably beyond those of today’s most sophisticated digital … Continue reading
ZEPPELIN-STAAKEN E-4/20
A DECISION made shortly after World War I likely delayed aircraft technology by more than several years. In its structure, power and utility, the German Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20 was simply too … Continue reading
COPPERSTATE LORE
SEVERAL FRIENDS have reminded me of other happenings along the Copperstate 1000 old car rally (www.wp.me/p2ETap-Vq). Here are three of them. Those of you who have enjoyed this annual event are … Continue reading
THE CHINA TRADE
TRADE WITH China is often in the news. At the same time, I’m enjoying Eric Jay Dolin’s book, When America First Met China, as sort of a “Chinese Trade, Part … Continue reading
MORGAN ON THE COPPERSTATE
THE COPPERSTATE 1000 Rally is one of the premier vintage car events in the U.S. Run each spring to benefit the Phoenix Art Museum (www.phxart.org), the Copperstate is a four-day … Continue reading
HOLMES NON-CANONICALS
SHERLOCK HOLMES was acquainted with many famous personages, albeit not always Canonically (i.e., not always specifically cited in Watson’s chronicles). Well researched are his interactions with the Count Vlad Dracula … Continue reading
DOING THE MÖBIUS STRIP
NOT LONG ago at this site, we had pole dancing (www.wp.me/p2ETap-SH), so why not a Möbius strip? German mathematician August Möbius discovered the mathematical oddities of his eponymous surface in … Continue reading
BILL DEVIN’S SUPER SPORTS
CALLED “THE Enzo Ferrari of Okie Flats” (by no less than Henry N. Manney III), Bill Devin brought a lot of automotive fun to lots of people. Bill offered a … Continue reading
EV GOOD NEWS
I DISSED the electrified vehicle experience only two days ago (see http://www.wp.me/p2ETap-Uj). However, there are also other EV happenings that suggest a brighter future for battery electrics, hybrids, plug-in hybrids … Continue reading
TIME TRAVEL
THE IDEA of time travel, especially backward in time, is an appealing one for me. I’ve enjoyed several novels with this as their theme. Here are mini-reviews of my favorites. … Continue reading
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