THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND “BRAIN ROT” PART 1
GIVEN THAT 49.9 PERCENT OF U.S. VOTERS chose Trump, it comes as no surprise that “brain rot” has been named the Oxford Word of the Year. Here, in Parts 1 … Continue reading
PORSCHE 1600—MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO
TODAY, PORSCHE SELLS SUVS (about two-thirds of its products)—and then there’s the 911 (about 15 percent of production) and some others. However in October 1961, R&T marveled, “… back in … Continue reading
CYBERTHUGS
NOT THAT I’M SEEKING THINGS to worry about in the coming Trump administration, but our past-and-pre-President has already declared enthusiasm for cryptocurrency: “I’m laying out my plan,” he says, “to … Continue reading
OF THEE I SING—A POLITICAL SATIRE
THE GOINGS-ON OF THE PRE-PRESIDENT and his Project 2025-inspired bunch of whackos display elements of Theatre of the Absurd considerably beyond that of mere satire. With this in mind, though, … Continue reading
WHOM—AND WHAT—DO I TRUST?
IN THESE DAYS OF RAMPANT MIS- AND DISINFORMATION, what sources should we trust? And, note well, we don’t necessarily have to agree with these sources, but rather put faith in … Continue reading
SPRITE II OUTGROWS ITS BUGEYES—AND MORE
A CURIOUS THING ABOUT R&T’S August 1961 road test of the Sprite II is the magazine’s complete omission of the name Austin-Healey. Variously the car’s BMC allegiance is noted, but … Continue reading
PUTTING SCIENCE IN PERSPECTIVE
MARCIA MCNUTT IS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. Academy of Sciences (and, from 2013 to 2016, editor-in-chief of AAAS Science journals including this magazine). McNutt writes an Editorial in Science, November … Continue reading
KALININ K-7—A GMAX CHALLENGE PART 2
UNLIKE KONSTANTIN KALININ, I CAN HONESTLY SAY Josef Stalin did not force me to build a Kalinin K-7. This, despite my usual GMax avoidance of such ungainly craft. On the … Continue reading
KALININ K-7—A GMAX CHALLENGE PART 1
I’VE NOTED THAT GMAX computer modeling of aircraft is a fine hobby, with several recent examples displayed here at SimanaitisSays: the Cessna XMC, the Consolidated PBY, and the Santos=Dumont Demoiselle. Talk … Continue reading
RADIO FOLKS IN THE MOVIES
GIVEN MY DUAL APPRECIATION OF old-time radio (via SiriusXM “Radio Classics”) and old-time movies (via Turner Classic Movies), it’s not surprising that I find occasional delight in the latter containing … Continue reading
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