Here’s a nostalgic video – the 1979 science fiction movie, Salvage 1.This was the pilot of a series that aired on ABC television. The premise? A junk yard owner and salvage expert, played by Andy Griffith, enlists the help of a former astronaut and a fuel expert to construct a […]
Monthly Archives: August 2016
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I’m pleased to announce I will be in the UK on a speaking tour, next month, the week of Monday 5 September through Friday 9 September. Some of the particulars remain to be worked out, but I’d like to share a rough draft of my schedule. Monday (5 September): Maxwell […]
“Lindybeige” is the nom de video of Nikolas Lloyd, whose YouTube Channel features an eclectic variety of short, engaging videos on military history and technology and a wide range of other topics. For instance, fire arrows look amazing. They feature in many dramatizations of ancient combat. Surely they were a […]
Here are the latest great links from the AetherCzar Blogroll US Shale Kicks Putin, OPEC, in Teeth August 1, 2016 – al fin next level Men beat women in self-citations August 1, 2016 – The Reference Frame The Next Cold War Is Playing Out Above Our Heads August 1, 2016 […]
Given a decent view of the sky, a GPS receiver can determine your latitude and longitude to a high degree of accuracy as good as a meter or so. But what if the latitude and longitude themselves are in error? That’s the problem faced by the continent of Australia. Every […]