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Ivan Shishkin, “Road in rye”, 1866 High above a rumble unveils rolling, the air untethered in volume the bellows, translucent, swirling in pressure and change. Upwards velocity terminal velocity the exchange of momentum the entropy of particles in motion. From nothing, structure, From structure, power a darkness of agitation billowing, thunderous, omnipotent, the multitude of particles…
While releasing the last of four balls to the batter, I felt a sharp ting in my arm. I had grown weak over the few hours of playing in the hot sun on a dusty field, and my mind wandered to the air conditioned home that was only minutes away from where I was currently. As I slugged back up the pitchers mound while the batter took his base, I glanced up at the hazy field. My eyes blurred for a…
The movie “Backrooms” is coming out this May, and I’m ecstatic beyond words about it. See the trailer here . As far as movies go, I don’t follow much, but I expect this one to be a cult classic, if it is nearly as good as the YouTube series. The series and lore online is authentic, original, creative and has real depth to it. The Backrooms is a horror concept, not in the…
Hush, the dark forest winds blink observing their own rituals undisturbed by Anvil. In the stillness between their push and pull he remains sure. Obscured by ocean waves behind the human veil in the space between words his yearning puzzles me. Love for the cosmos, he says. I remain unsure. Along a stretch of coastline he moors his mind, and sails. Along the steel sky-scraping girders he beams,…
Content creators are not average people and are generally misguided because of how they take the online medium too seriously, as if it is an all-encompassing window into the world that includes the full range of societal happenings. It isn’t. Consuming social media in an attempt to find truth about the world is a poor choice. Returning to the internet or social media after spending time…
I wasn’t expecting to become a writing tutor in my second year of college, it just happened. I impressed an English professor with my gen-ed writing coursework and she offered me the position. Before I knew it I was making $9/hr helping my peers write better. On a stormy Florida afternoon in a dim tutoring lab, one student questioned why I – a math major – was helping them with…
I had built and flown a TopSky 1.0 DLG over 10 years ago! Recently, I saw a kit for sale on eBay and figured I’d get another one in the air. This is a 1.5-meter wingspan DLG that was a classic in the world of DLGs for budget builders. TopSky 1.0 DLG My setup: Servos (3): Hitec HS-45HB Battery: 1S 650mAh Li-ion Receiver: ER6GV Notes: I chose to build this as a 3-in-the-pod, which means that I…
Discuss Launched Gliders (DLGs) are my favorite type of RC glider aircraft. They have no propulsion system, no motor or propeller. To launch, you spin in a circle and throw the plane into the air by hand, and then try to hack the wind and thermal activity to stay aloft as long as possible. It’s a ton of fun and you can spend a whole summer afternoon addictively launching and hunting…
My friends, I turn to you for sage advice, on a very particular matter which must be resolved immediately. An imminent threat is approaching, it is inbound, it is right in front of me, it consumes me, and it must be handled. Yet I cannot do this alone. The vast brain of the internet must assist. I have used it to get this far. There must be something that can be done. Yet, I can’t quite…
I spent my summer without a computer; here is the story of how that went. I planned to spend time off the grid this summer – I was going to hike a major section of the Appalachian Trail. I trained for many months during the winter and spring, fine-tuning my gear and building up my body and skills for the task. I injured my knee – then recovered just in time to tackle some larger prep…
There is something sublime about low tech gadgets. An analog camera, a magnetic compass, a record player, a number 2 pencil, a swiss army knife, a skateboard. Tactile controls are royalty because they control something real. A shot from my Minolta XD-5, a film camera I recently purchased cheap on eBay. A certain subculture of the modern internet grasps for the simplicity and analog nature of times…
The human species will never again be able to live through the era of the quirky masterpiece of 90’s/00’s mall culture, and its quintessential perfection in a pre-social-media time must be preserved. Allow me to elaborately paint the picture. A random picture of a mall, reminiscent of the one we went to as kids. There were quite a few scenarios where you’d end up at the mall. A…
I am of the opinion that most passwords and other personal information should not be stored on public cloud-based systems like LastPass, Bitwarden, Dashlane, etc. It cannot be overstated how prime of targets these services' databases are for hackers to try to find a route in. LastPass has been hacked many times, and it is only a matter of time before the others are. There was a time when I used…
There are glitches in the field of mathematics. Impossibilities like proofs where 0 equals 1. Paradoxical geometric shapes that have infinite surface area, but finite volume. Simple equations with no concrete answer so mathematicians pick an answer based on context. By Jessica Mozzini. Zero Equals One Take the first example: a proof that 0=1. These are easy to do. The result is paradoxical, yes,…
I’ve read a handful of posts that nostalgically remember how the web used to be, and express dismay at the “walled gardens” that have overtaken the Internet as a whole. Since the purpose of this website is to have my own Internet island and also to be a part of the “classic” web of home cooked text websites and blogs, I want to explain: “why?”. The Desire…
Soaring, aka “gliding”, is a niche of the Radio Control (RC) and full-sized aviation world that features the unique challenge to stay in the air without using an engine and propeller. This endeavor has a special place in the hearts of many pilots, as it provides a simple yet dynamic aspect to model flying and has a magical silence and beauty to it. The many variations of glider types…
Leaving home for college, finding solace on two wheels, slipping into danger, a journey to Alaska, a relationship gone sour, time wasted, dangers avoided, rules broken. Slipping, falling – and getting back up. On a humid night alongside the beach, riding the A1A, the smell of salty seawater poured into the vents on my helmet. The pitch black expanse was only lit up by dim, faded yellow…
I moved to the Netherlands from the US to start an academic job, purposefully arriving a few months before my work contract was set to start so that I could backpack all over Europe. After some shorter train trips near my new home base in the Netherlands, I embarked on a longer travel journey around Europe. In total, I visited 5 countries: Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Germany.…
A picture book story of how I found a niche in the world of radio controlled aircraft that I wanted to be a part of so badly that I created my own online gig to fund it. At 14 years old, I was custom building and selling unmanned aircraft electronic systems, starting from nothing but a soldering station and an Internet connection to RC forums. Contents Foundations Learning and Research Business:…
A while ago when I was living near Boston, I started making Trader Joe’s cornbread. It became a habit in my life to make a tray of it frequently and share it with my roommates. I didn’t use the right size pan for it, so it came out real thick too, and it was delicious. It served as a classic dessert, a filler in between meals, or a bite in the fast-paced lives of all of us living…