INTEROP
WHEN I send an e-mail from my PC to someone using an iMac, or when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met at Promontory Summit, Utah, we both counted on … Continue reading
MOUNT EQUINOX F3
RACING A really small car up a really big hill may not seem like the most logical activity for the likes of me, but it was certainly a ball. The … Continue reading
BAEDEKER’S HANDBOOKS FOR TRAVELERS
I LOVE Baedeker’s handbooks, especially those published during their glory years of 1900 to the onset of World War I. Pocket sized—provided one’s coat has generous pockets—these little red guidebooks with … Continue reading
CROSS-COUNTRY TRAVEL TAKES OFF, SORT OF
TRANSCONTINENTAL Air Transport, TAT, for short, initiated the first scheduled coast-to-coast travel on July 7, 1929. Only a portion of the 48-hour trip was by air, but it still beat … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 3: BMW
BMW WAS another automaker exploring H2 I.C. Back in 2006 I went to Berlin to sample the company’s dual-fuel gasoline/hydrogen 7 Series. This car took advantage of liquid hydrogen, LH2, … Continue reading
ROB’S NEW MOON
ROB WALKER, rest his soul, was a grand prix team owner and a contributing editor of Road & Track (he called Dottie Clendenin his “editoress”). Because people may ask, I … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 2: MAZDA
MY FIRST hydrogen internal-combustion drive came in 1994 when Mazda invited me to Vancouver, B.C., to experience a special Miata. This one had an RX-7 rotary engine fueled by H2. … Continue reading
THE HOLMES-WOLFE LINK
WILLIAM BARING-Gould, a most notable Sherlockian scholar (see http://wp.me/p2ETap-3v), has presented the thesis that famed detective Nero Wolfe is the love-child of Holmes and Irene Adler. As chronicler John H. … Continue reading
HYDROGEN I.C., PART 1: BILLINGS
HYDROGEN IS extremely flammable (“Oh, the humanity!”). However, this is one reason why it’s a much better energy carrier than, say, potatoes, which are not flammable. And while hydrogen fuel … Continue reading
PONTCYSYLLTE: A WELSH WONDER
THE NAME Pontcysyllte is Welsh, its nearest English pronunciation “Pońt-ker-suck-tay.” The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an architecture wonder along the Llangollen Canal. Some more Welsh: Llangollen is, sort of, “Thl’an-gothl’n,” with those … Continue reading
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