Sunday, October 31, 2010

Meatballs with a Chance of Cloudspotting

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While as a dad I enjoyed the art and humor in the picture book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs , I wasn't interested in going to the r...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Papier Mache + Halloween = Dinosaur Overpopulation

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What do bloggers do when not huddled over a keyboard? On Halloween, they could be operating dinosaurs. This year will be the 20th annivers...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Truman Soap Co: Not with this Ex-President

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In this post about the Truman Committee I had mentioned a family connection to Harry Truman; he was the nephew of ex-Confederate guerrilla J...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Lessons from WWII: When Only a Czar Will Do

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Following up on previous "lessons from WW2" posts about Harry Truman's pursuit of war profiteers , and Henry Kaiser's prod...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Henry J. Kaiser: Miracle Man of the WWII Home Front

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In a previous post I had mentioned that Henry J. Kaiser -- hardly remembered now outside of his health-care organization he set up -- is one...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

San Bruno Gas Explosion: NTSB's Preliminary Report

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In my previous post on the NTSB's docket page for the San Bruno gas-pipeline blast, I mentioned that the docket was light on data, but...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Land of the Leftovers: Technological Time Capsules

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Rhode Island lawyer Leo Connors had always thought that his office on the 30th floor of Providence’s art deco Fleet National Bank Building ...