Relic - the Hero Behind the Villain

Ladies and Gentlemen Aviators:

He was untrustworthy, sneaky, dirty, despicable and larcenous. He was also a Canadian war hero. Follow this link to learn more:

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/485/language/en-CA/Relic-The-Hero-behind-the-Villain.aspx

The unstoppable TI-84 Plus: How an outdated calculator still holds a monopoly on classrooms

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/09/02/the-unstoppable-ti-84-plus-how-an-outdated-calculator-still-holds-a-monopoly-on-classrooms/

The TI-84, with its 1970s-style low-resolution graphics screen, is valued by teachers because it is limited enough to be able to be used in classrooms where students can't use them to get mathematical solutions too quickly.  As the rest of consumer computer technology advances, this school calculator is deliberately hobbled so that kids still learn at the same pace using the same curriculum that they have for decades. 


Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps!


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Hunting for Trinitite

http://arstechnica.com/staff/2014/09/trinitite-the-radioactive-rock-buried-in-new-mexico-before-the-atari-games/

”When you’re hanging out in the trash dump be sure to look out for Trinitite,” automotive editor Jonathan Gitlin told me.

”What’s Trinitite?” I asked. He explained that it was a type of radioactive glass that formed during the first test of the first nuclear bomb in 1945. I did a quick Google search and understood (somewhat incorrectly, more on that later) that collecting and selling Trinitite had been made illegal long ago. I made a mental note to keep an eye out for the murky green or red glass when I was in Alamogordo.…

Buying Ivy

http://www.vice.com/read/i-ghostwrote-hundreds-of-chinese-students-ivy-league-admissions-essays-897

Hey China, you’re welcome. When you think about your future multi-million dollar shipping moguls, innovative tech giants, and up-and-coming diplomats, please remember a small handful of them probably received their Ivy League degrees thanks to me.

I’m a black market college admissions essay writer, and over the last three years I’ve written over 350 fraudulent essays for wealthy Chinese exchange students. Although my clients have varied from earnest do-gooders to factory tycoon’s daughters who communicate primarily through emojis, they all have one thing in common: They’re unable to write meaningful sentences.

"The secret to life is honesty and fair dealing.  If you can fake that, you've got it made."
--Groucho Marx

A man, a plan, a tour de force, Panama!

From http://angrystatistician.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-man-plan-cat-canal-panama.html

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a loca, a leva, a rota, a lunulae, an imarets, a mat, a canal - Panama!