Archive for January, 2014
The Antikythera device
This machine – this lump of corroded metal – fascinated me when I read of it a decade back. Could it really have been made more than 2,100 years ago? There were tantalizing hints of a complex geared mechanism, but the corrosion made speculation about it little more than wild guesswork. For long after its […]
New York as few have ever seen it
How long before this type of flying is forbidden? From a post by Aaron Saenz.
A most unexpected evening
We had a family outing. It started as a company-sponsored buffet and ended quite unexpectedly as an awesome art event. The buffet was in a private club. Not one I’m a member of, but one that my wife’s company had booked for the occasion. My son went wandering and exploring after the meal, and came […]
A most unfortunate juxtaposition
OK, it’s a goose not a duck, but it’s still a cracking example of contextual advertising gone wrong.
