The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article about a curious location in China. This location contains a scaled-down replica of rugged terrain, “complete with snow-capped mountains, streams and valleys.” Here is a direct link to the location in China via Google Maps. The scale model is roughly 850 meters long by 700 meters wide […]
UPDATED (07/24/06): Apparently, the documentary claims that Armstrong and Aldin saw a UFO as well. Hat-tip to Sploid. According to a new BBC documentary coming out — “Apollo 11: The Untold Story” — Neil Armstrong accidentally broke a switch for a circuit breaker on the lunar lander, then cannibalized a ball-point pen to close the […]
The age-old dictum “Follow the money!” appears to apply to the Big Dig Crumble as well, and Aaron Margolis over at HubPolitics.com is doing just that. Margolis’s investigation starts with a few fascinating items: State Att’y General Tom Reilly was “pushing for a deal with Bechtel [one of the major contractors] that would have given […]
UPDATED 07/24/06: Andrew Cline, editorial page editor for the New Hampshire Union Leader, proposes renaming the Big Dig after Melina Del Valle, the woman killed when a portion of the ceiling collapsed. ORIGINAL: The eastbound lanes of the Ted Williams Tunnel that were closed a few days ago have now been re-opened, but only for […]
It’s bad enough that Lance Armstrong, an American, won the Tour de France seven (7!) times in a row, in spite of various attempts to allege doping. But now that Armstrong has finally retired, and the field is now wide open for France (or, at least, Europe) to reclaim the crown, guess who wins? Yep. […]
One of my key principles in applying technology is that “more is not better.” Time Magazine has an excellent example of that, discussing the problems introduced by a change in climate control technology at the world-famous caves of Lascaux: Art restorer Rosalie Godin was overwhelmed for a very different reason when she was urgently called […]
While I haven’t commented much on the newest war in the Middle East, I have continued to follow it closely, both because of my interest in military history and that fact that it could lead to, oh, significant global conflict. By and large, my sympathies are with Israel, which is surrounded by countries and terrorist […]
England suffering throug a prolonged heat wave. Oh, wait — this was back in 1911. Nebraska turning into a desert. Oh, wait — this was 800 to 1,000 years ago. North Africa turning into a desert. Oh, wait — this was 5,500 to 7,300 years ago. I still blame Bush. Hat tip to Drudge Report, […]
The California Center for Strategic Studies is a non-profit organization “dedicated to securing world peace, fostering human rights, and promoting sustainable prosperity.” OK, nothing there that I have a problem with. CCSS claims on its home page to have “spearhead[ed] a major nuclear arms reduction agreement between the U.S. and Russia.” OK, that’s news to […]
Here are inspirational posters for role-playing gamers. It’s been 25 years since I’ve done any RPGing myself, but most of them still make sense to me. How scary is that? ..bruce..
