ARCHIE’S ENGLISH, SORTA
ARCHIE, MANAGER OF DUFFY’S TAVERN, spoke New Yorkese, not to be confused with other dialects of that part of the U.S. John Dunning recounts in The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, … Continue reading
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, AMELIA EARHART, AND C. ALFRED “CHIEF” ANDERSON—SOARING ENCOUNTERS
WHAT SOARING PERSONALITIES! Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly 1945 to 1952, whom President Harry S … Continue reading
AN OLD FRIEND FROM DENVER—THE EAGLEROCK
EACH TIME I CHANGED PLANES IN DENVER, I admired the Alexander Eaglerock. Now I’ve finally got this fetching biplane as a GMax project for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Here are tidbits … Continue reading
CRESCENT CITY OPERATIC TIDBITS
NEW ORLEANS MAY BE BEST KNOWN FOR JAZZ, but Henry Stewart’s “Operapedia,” Opera News, August 2023, offers “an easy stroll through the Crescent City’s opera landscape.” Here are tidbits gleaned … Continue reading
DATSUN 1000—“WHOLESOME RICE CAKES, NOT EXOTIC SINGING AND DANCING”
I DON’T KNOW THAT JAPAN HAS EVER been known for “exotic” singing and dancing, but someone at R&T in 1958 thought up this contrast. Not that any Japanese imports of … Continue reading
IF A.I. IS SO DAMNED SMART, HOW COME IT CAN’T INCLUDE E.A.?
“EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM,” E.A., for short, is a term coined in 2011 by philosophers Peter Singer, Toby Ord, and William MacAskill. Lately, it has become a buzz word among developers and doomsayers (some, the … Continue reading
SHERLOCK HOLMES COMICS
IT WOULD BE ANACHRONISTIC to call these “Holmes Manga,” but as comic authority Paul Gravett said of manga, they’re “more than telling a story, as much as feeling a story.” … Continue reading
TANDEM SOLAR CELLS OPTIMIZE THE SUN’S PHOTONS
A NEW GENERATION OF SOLAR-CELL ELECTRICITY can profit from more of the sun’s energy spectrum, as described in “Tandems Have The Power,” by Stefaan Wolf and Erkan Aydin in AAAS … Continue reading
PINEAPPLE TIDBITS
THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT websites such as Interesting Facts is their encouragement of additional Internet sleuthing. For instance, “Pineapples Were Once So Valuable, People Rented Them For Parties” immediately brings … Continue reading
WILL E-FUEL OR H-FUEL EXTEND THE ICE AGE?
THAT IS, ICE AS IN “internal combustion engine,” h- as in hydrogen, and e- as in the latest research efforts for a carbon-neutral replacement for gasoline and diesel. Richard Truett … Continue reading
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