Category: history

YouTuber worth watching: “Vampire Robot”

September 18, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, history, Hmm…, youtube, YouTubers worth watching

This YouTuber has a *lot* of incredibly mundane videos that are surprisingly interesting. They are largely videos shot in public places over the […]
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I kinda miss Flash

September 3, 2023

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scottlowther

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Art, history, Hmm…, Humor, youtube

Apparently it has been 20 years since “Badger Badger Badger.” Released on September 2, 2003, this was a looping Flash animation of dancing […]
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Cyanotype giftwrap

September 1, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Aircraft, Art, blather, cyanotype blueprints, Dumbassery, Gah, history, Sales & Specials, ಠ_ಠ

A sad percentage of my cyanotypes fail… faded, blurry or spotty. Sometimes these failure are due to bad craftsmanship; sometimes to material deficiencies, […]
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August 2023 Rewards

September 1, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, CAD Diagrams, Drawings, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, New Products, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

The rewards for August, 2023, have been released. They include: Document: Report No. ZD-013, “Preliminary Detail Specification for United States Navy Class VP […]
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Cultural Vandal

August 27, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Art, blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, history, Hmm…, Science Fiction, Worldwreckers, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

Who destroyed Star Trek? Hmmm… I recently re-watched Star Trek: Enterprise, after perhaps a decade. I’d seen it twice before: when it […]
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General Dynamics F-16XL Dual Role Fighter: An Illustrated History

August 26, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Awesomeness, Books, history, News, projects, Weapons

Tony Landis has just released – for free – his book on the F-16XL: https://wss.apan.org/public/AFMC-History-Office/Shared Documents/F-16XL Book_Final-web (1).pdf It’s a 285-page heavily illustrated […]
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A devastating review of Oppenheimer

August 25, 2023

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scottlowther

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Art, blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Gah, history, Hmm…, Nukes, Politics, Russian Empire, Worldwreckers, ಠ_ಠ

J. Robert Oppenheimer is justly famed for his role in developing the A-bomb. He is considered to be something of a martyr for […]
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How long do networks have?

August 21, 2023

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scottlowther

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Art, history, Hmm…, News, youtube

This guy makes a number of good points about network TV being on its last legs, at least as far as scripted series. […]
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Recent acquisitions

August 18, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, Drawings, eBay, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, News, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

Thanks to ebay and my fabulously lean bank account, I have recently procured a number of items of potential interest: “NASA Earth Orbital […]
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This trope should be retired

August 16, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Aircraft, Art, blather, history, Meh, Science Fiction, spacecraft, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

“Our heroes aircraft is falling from the sky! Will they pull out in time to avoid a firey crash and bring the episode, […]
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