UNEXPECTED RECOLLECTIONS PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE LAMENTED WITH NEW YORKERS the news that “WCBS Radio, the Soundtrack of Countless Cab Rides, Goes Quiet.” Today in Part 2, one of the station’s early DJs Bill … Continue reading
UNEXPECTED RECOLLECTIONS PART 1
MEMORIES ARE OFT REKINDLED quite routinely. Such as reading Corey Kilgannon’s “WCBS Radio, the Soundtrack of Countless Cab Rides, Goes Quiet,” in The New York Times, August 13, 2024. Hmm… … Continue reading
WORDS GONE POLITICALLY AWRY
WE USED TO HAVE SPECIAL WORDS: “MUGWUMPS,” for example, were politicos who needlessly wavered, a marvelously illustrative word. These days, the MAGAs have been less imaginative lexicographically: They’ve taken words … Continue reading
1960 FERRARI 250 GT COUPE—A (SUBTLE) EXOTIC
LAMBORGHINIS, FERRARIS, MID-ENGINE VETTES—and even the occasional neo Bugatti—are seen today here in Orange County, California. There’s no mistaking their exotic nature. Add a classic 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe … Continue reading
KEEPING KEWL WITH AND WITHOUT VAPOR COMPRESSION PART 2
THIS ALL BEGAN WITH LEARNING ABOUT solid-state refrigerants as described in “Sizing Up Caloric Devices,” AAAS Science, August 2, 2024. Today in Part 2, three types of solid-state devices offer … Continue reading
KEEPING KEWL BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT VAPOR COMPRESSION PART 1
MY AUGUST 2, 2024, ISSUE OF AAAS SCIENCE has “Sizing Up Caloric Devices,” by Suxin Qian and Ichiro Takeuchi. Its subtitle is also eye-catching: “Emerging solid-state cooling technologies may help … Continue reading
F-JR FUN—ENJOYING AN ELVA AND AN ENVOY PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE SHARED MECHANICAL DETAILS of the Formula Junior Elva and Envoy gleaned from R&T June 1960 and February 1961 respectively. Today in Part 2, we read what the era’s … Continue reading
F-JR FUN—ENJOYING AN ELVA AND AN ENVOY PART 1
“FORMULA JUNIOR IS AN OPEN-WHEEL RACING class,” Wikipedia describes, “first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (International Sporting Commission, the part of the FIA that then regulated motorsports).” Wikipedia continues, “The … Continue reading
THE NECKER CUBE, ESCHER ILLOS, AND A CUBED CUBE
YESTERDAY IN “I Was Reading Wittgenstein the Other Day….,” LRB reviewer A.W. Moore cited “the two ways of seeing a Necker cube” appearing in Wittgenstein’s Proposition 5.5423. Though this cube … Continue reading
I WAS READING WITTGENSTEIN THE OTHER DAY….
WELL, YES, SO MUCH FOR that boastful opening. What I mean to say is that I was reading an article about Austrian philosopher Ludvig Wittgenstein in the London Review of … Continue reading
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