A variety of articles I wrote about things I find interesting. With any luck you may find them interesting too!
Other worlds than ours
A 19th century take on ExobiologyA sense of wonder
Some “Wow!” moments from my life around computersSmall Blue Planet
The impact of Apollo 8 on our planetary self-imageMy take on the Marble Run concept
Fun to build, fun to play with!You did WHAT on a Commodore 64?!
Oh, yes, I sure did.Building a Roubo Workbench
A woodworker’s rite of passageThe Fractal Bug
A fascination – and a free fractal generatorReal Bookmarks from True Favorites
Vignettes of some cherished bookstoresA medley of Homebrew Projects
Nostalgia from a wonderful hobbyThe perceptive art of Giuseppe Novello
Little known, but well worth knowingGrowing up in Electronics
A wonderful hobby, on a shoestringHumanity’s victory over rust!
A personal history of stainless cutleryHeroes and Barbarians
Propaganda postcards from the Great WarOh, no! Can Tesseract save the plane?
A rare action comic for the ultimate geekThe real thing, in cross-section
How to teach what makes things tickVictorian Virtual Reality
Mesdag’s PanoramaA homebrew Single Sideband transmitter
A photo-essay for ham radio geeksIt’s a wonderful Life!
Conway’s Game of Life — and a Freeware implementationIllustrated Natural Philosophy
The charm of 19th century scientific illustrationsCloning a Vibroplex bug
Another triumph of improvisation!Yiddish radio geeks of a bygone world
A glimpse of Warsaw’s radio amateurs in 1926The Why and How of HOC collecting
Computer History as a hobbyPrey to Oblivion
Everyday things that no one would recognize todayA visiting card
A tiny memento from the pastIngenious simplicity
Everyday objects of elegant designA virtual Cabinet of Curiosities
Interesting, or curious, or just lovely

























