Spanish trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Stretching and drying the pelt follows this. His camp is in the marshes nearby. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parrish, Louisana, 1941.
[Image and caption found here.]
Category: True Stories
Electrical Experimenter Magazine 1918
1965 NASA PDAD Robot
The ‘Power Driven Articulated Dummy’ project was under Contract No. NAS 9-1370 and ran from May 22, 1963 through July 31, 1965. It was originally built for Nasa’s Manned Spacecraft Center by the Illinois Institute of Technology.
The reason for a test dummy was officials hoped to use it during design and testing of a spacesuits, which might otherwise be painful, tedious or even dangerous for human beings.
The 1965 robot was able to simulate 35 basic human motions and used sensors to gather data on how the human body acted in a pressurized suit – but it never made it off the ground due to its tendency to leak oil.
Only two of these robots were created, the one selling for $80,000 and another that is owned by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
My WebEx Meeting Notes 08 March – 06 July 2023
9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.
WWI U.S. Tank “America”
Original caption:
American-built tank “America”, designed by Professor E.F. Miller of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photographed in July of 1918.
[Un-colorized image found in this collection.]
Eiffel Tower Construction Timelapse
Fortunately, this never happened:
[Images – and more – found here.]
Noah’s BBQ & Grill
“If you have ever wondered where Noah’s Ark landed, here it is! North of Leucadia, CA at the Batiquitos lagoon! George Herbert build the boat in 1946 and it served patrons until around the 1960s.”
No place for vegans.
[Found here.]
My 3rd Year Anniversary of Beatin’ the Odds
I debated whether or not to post this as it’s a personal story, part of a journey, but it’s an important one to me. So here goes. Continue reading “My 3rd Year Anniversary of Beatin’ the Odds”
My WebEx Meeting Notes 08 December 2022 – 06 March 2023
9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Yep. It happened.
“Colorado Springs Police say a patient behaving badly caused chaos in the emergency room of a northeast side hospital Monday evening (8/17/15).
The incident happened at around 6 p.m at St. Francis Medical Center, near the intersection of N. Powers Blvd. and E. Woodmen Rd. Police say Johnny Solis, 32, was being treated in the emergency room when he began acting up. They say he ‘menaced’ several members of the medical staff as well as several security guards with a metal T-Bar. They say he also knocked out several first floor ceiling tiles and then climbed into the rafters above the ER.
Police say Solis damaged plumbing and electrical systems while he was in the rafters.”
[Top image found here, mugshot from news report. Connect the dots.]
Tacky Raccoons 