Category Archives: Kewel!

I Ordered Two

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Alaska

I got t-shirts from Zazzle in navy blue. I think a navy blue background best sets off Ace’s design. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Lucifer’s Anvil

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Alaska

Dear Dr. Pournelle, that should NOT be the working title, that should BE the title! Can’t wait for this one….

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Biutiful Barcelona

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Alaska

When we visited Barcelona a couple years back, I noted the patently obvious government make-work construction jobs, and other signs the Spanish economy was not all it had been cracked up to be. However, the parts of Barcelona we visited … Continue reading →

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Ground-Penetrating Radar Finds Your Cache

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Alaska

A colleague just resigned to go work on a ground-penetrating radar project to locate unexploded ordnance from an airborne remote-sensing device at 10,000 feet. A decade ago, this fellow was doing the same work in Columbia. They’d see the cocaine … Continue reading →

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Who IS this guy?

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Alaska

The amazing Igor Presnyakov. Stumbled upon his stuff last night. Do NOT listen to these clips on your tinny phone or computer as you will miss the whole point. You really need to listen with good bass speakers; the resonance … Continue reading →

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Heading off to Hell

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Alaska

I’ll be hopping aboard Virgin America’s flight from SFO to Dulles in a few hours. Virgin’s the best airline in America so far as I’m concerned; it’s got Apple Computer-level quality control and attention to user-friendliness, and the overall design … Continue reading →

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Ultimax Low-Recoil Machine Gun

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Alaska

I have wanted an Ultimax since I read the review in an old “Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons” more than twenty years ago now. Still want one.

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Plitvice Lakes National Park

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Alaska

Croatia. Stunning. More pics here.

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Just tiding up the place

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Phil Kadath

Don’t mind the dust. Shortly, things will be back to normal. Whatever that is.

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If there’s an ELLE Bulgaria, of all places, can there really be a world depression?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Alaska

Not knocking Bulgaria. Just sayin.’ Elle don’t sell cheap stuff. The wife and I like the elfin Inna, Romanian dance-pop ingenue. She has a catchy stable of tunes, like the ones below, but I must admit the very cool “10 … Continue reading →

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