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Clearest Image of Venus ever taken by NASA!






Gliders litter the field during operation Market Garden, 18 September 1944.

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High school shop!

Also my high school

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Astroturf is introduced in the Astrodome on April 8th 1966 when the Astros hosted the Dodgers.






The IAS machine¹ was the first electronic computer built at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey (June 10, 1952). It is sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann², a mathematics professor at both Princeton University and the IAS. The 450 kg one-address machine was a 40-bit binary digital computer built from late 1945 until 1951 under his direction. The general organization is called von Neumann architecture³, even though it was both conceived and implemented by others. The memory was 1024 words (5 KB), it used 1,700 vacuum tubes, triode types 6J6, 5670, 5687, a few diodes type 6AL5, 150 pentodes to drive the memory CRTs, and 41 CRTs type 5CP1A, 40 used as Williams-Kilburn tubes⁴ for memory plus one more to visually monitor the state of a memory tube. Consuming 15,000 W of power, the machine was very fast for its time performing 16,000 additions/sec, 2,300 multiplications/sec, and was one of the first computers to mix programs and data in a single memory. von Neumann's paper, "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", whose premature distribution nullified the patent claims of EDVAC designers J.P.Eckert and J.Mauchly, allowed the plans for the IAS machine to be widely distributed for free to any schools or companies interested in computing machines, resulting in the worldwide construction of dozens of clones⁵ referred to as "IAS machines", it was a wildly successful implementation of the very first open-source computer hardware model, an important milestone in computer design.

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Front of Crosley Radio Corporation’s WLW Model Super-Power radio receiver from 1936. Features included multiple tuning, volume, fidelity, and tone controls, as well as a public address system.

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Don't put windshield washer fluid in the oil fill!








The Rookery Building is a historic office building located in Chicago, Illinois. Completed by architects Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings, and was once the location of their offices. The building is 181 feet (55 m) in height, twelve stories tall, and is considered the oldest standing high-rise in Chicago.
It has a unique construction style featuring exterior load-bearing walls and an interior steel frame, providing a transition between accepted and new building techniques. The lobby was remodeled in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The second renovation, completed August 24, 1931, by former Wright assistant William Drummond, modernized many of the interior elements, including new elevators, and brought period touches to the building, such as Art Deco detailing.

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1958 Chevy Impala Martinique with matching luggage

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Jaguar's V6 is a V8 with two cylinders blocked out

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1944 VW Schwimmwagen Type 166/5, fitted Snow-Rollers. For me the Schwimmwagen was one of the coolest vehicle designs of WW2. I like that it comes with oars as a backup.






The Mauna Kea silversword, also known as the flower of patience, is a rare and endangered species of flowering plant native to the island of Hawaii. It is a member of the Asteraceae family, which includes other well-known plants like sunflowers and daisies. The Mauna Kea silversword gets its common name from its silvery, sword-shaped leaves that are arranged in a rosette. The leaves are covered in fine white hairs which help to protect the plant from the intense sun and high winds of its native habitat.
The plant is a long-lived perennial, remaining vegetative for many years before it produces a flowering stalk. The stalk can reach up to 6 feet tall and is covered with hundreds of small, bright red or orange flowers. The Mauna Kea silversword blooms once in its lifetime, after which it dies. The flower of patience is also a great symbol of resilience, it can live up to 50 years before blooming, and it can survive in harsh environments and harsh weather conditions.
The Mauna Kea silversword is considered an endangered species due to habitat loss and overgrazing by introduced mammals. Efforts have been made to protect and conserve the remaining populations of this unique and beautiful plant.

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Put the windshield defroster to super high!






Flat Florida! The high point in Florida, Britton Hill, is only 345 feet, slightly higher than the Statue of Liberty.

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And the making of.... (my almost-cousin Jonathan)