Here we go again… <BULLWINKLE>This time fer shure!<BULLWINKLE> Let’s see… Los Angeles with record rainfall (5″ in 24 hours), snow in the passes, and 60 mph wind gusts with lightning. Sounds like the perfect time to drive cross-country. Riding shotgun … Continue reading →

Who knew that a chipped windshield could be repaired? I always thought that the “make cracks disappear” ads were some sort of delusional scam and that the only way to get rid of it was to replace the entire winshield. … Continue reading →

Giant squid stamps, lake monster stamps, and crypto-philately in general. Not to be confused with other crypto-philately.

Are you guys so jaded and cynical about your American readers that you think you can’t sell a magazine over here unless it has some tired old American rock act on it? I was annoyed when you put Santana on … Continue reading →

“Stories of the Development of Large Scale Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory” is a cornucopia of dust age computer hardware photos. Even though these photos are obviously staged shots, they don’t quite have the IBM or DEC product … Continue reading →

“Superstitious remedies are ineffectual and detrimental” a 1933 poster from The Ohara Institute’s collection of Industrial Safety, Public Health, and Cleanliness posters of the Industrial Welfare Association. [via gmtPlus9]

JBR links to a collection of vintage airport post cards. Most are instant-swoon vistas of travelers and public spaces, but I really like this post card of the Fairbanks airport. It looks like the Pan Am 707 captain decided to … Continue reading →