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Saturday, April 22, 2023

Three Score and Ten: Second Life Begins This Year

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In the first Canto of the  Divine Comedy  Dante Aligheri tells us he is 35 years old because he is "In the middle of life's journey...
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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Men and Women Under 23 are 80% of the US Military: Many Do Great Things, Some Screw Up

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Me at 23: The Oldest I Ever Felt* The news is full of the 21-year-old airman Jack Teixeira, the intelligence specialist who is behind the mo...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

When the Flight Goes Wrong, Data is All That Matters

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  Since 2017 I have flown overseas every year to every continent except Australia: almost 20 trips total. I have flown many airlines. In add...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Gordon Moore: The Chemist at the Center of the High Tech Revolution Dies at 94.

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  In 1965 when I was twelve years old, I learned basic electronics from a 600-page book published by the Amateur Radio Relay League--the ham...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Flying Spirit was Delightful: Nothing like their emails

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  Last month I flew Spirit Airlines for the second time ever, and the first time in a decade. Like most cut-rate airlines they charge for ev...
Monday, April 3, 2023

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum The  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has a collection of dozens of winning cars and a selection of sec...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Friend Gets Top Job: He Now Knows He Is An HMFIC

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  Mike McCoy, Interim Editor-in-Chief Chemical and Engineering News Today I ran into a friend I have known and worked with since the 1990s a...