Brian Shul, a former Air Force Pilot, reminisces about flying an SR-71 over Libya over at Maggies Farm. Pretty amazing…
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SR-71…
09-Mar-08The Antikythera Mechanism…
29-Nov-06The inventiveness of the ancient world never ceases to amaze me. The Antikythera Mechanism was found aboard some ancient roman shipwreck and has recently been meticulously studied. Surprise, the NY Times has a great article about findings so far. Pretty amazing what those ancient Greeks knew & built.
9/11/2001….
27-Jul-06This is incredibly heart-wrenching (http://www.zombietime.com/wtc_9-13-2001/) . Lets not forget what happened on 9/11/2001 and the souls we lost.
Iran and the state of the state…
07-Apr-06A fascinating little piece by Victor David Hanson, classicist and author of such works as Ripples of the Battle and A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War, over at the National Review. Hanson’s basic thesis is that Iran and Iran’s president (& indeed many in the third world) [...]
Lisp Love…
07-Mar-06From Goncha’s Weblog we have lisp poetry. Lisp is a “special” language that generates lots of feelings. John McCarthy, father of lisp, is proud. Speaking of John McCarthy, check out his commentary page. His commentary is fascinating and sure to generate controversy. I wish he would setup a blog and publish more frequently (& I [...]