The Unwanted Blog

• Saturn C-5, 1962 June 19, 2013
  A NASA illustration of the first stage of the Saturn C-5, from very early 1962. It is more or less what the S-IC stage became, except for much larger stabilizer fins and separation rockets located up front, rather than in the engine fairings. […]
• Oh, snap June 19, 2013
  At first the lawyers were all…   But then… I wish we lived in a society where lawyers who attempt to use the legal system to bully people were easily slapped down with smartassery like this. Sadly, we don’t. […]
• Cairo under the Muslim Brotherhood looks *spectacular* June 18, 2013
  The Muslim Brotherhood Has Turned Cairo Into A Dystopia [PHOTOS] Looks pretty much like what you might expect… […]
• Hijackers House June 18, 2013
  A book excerpt from “The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking” which looks to be a pretty interesting history of air travel in the late 1960′s/early 1970′s, when “this plane/bus/train is going to Cuba” became something of a recurring joke: How Hijackers Commandeered Over 130 American Planes — […]
• Huh. June 18, 2013
  When I was in college, twenty fargin’ years ago, I cranked out a lot of amateurish science fiction. Tried to get a few stories published, never did (because they sucked, I imagine). I wrote dozens of stories, short and long, probably a couple novels worth of crap. And from the time I left college until […]
• Gen X takes it in the shorts June 16, 2013
  The Stunning Fall Of Generation X Simply put, the weight of the recession fell squarely onto Gen X’ers, those born between the mid 60′s an early 80′s. We’ve lost about half of our wealth, while Baby Boomers and the like have made substantial gains. As the boomers continue to retire, this trend will only get […]
• Large format vellum cyanotypes AVAILABLE June 15, 2013
  I have several large format vellum cyanotype blueprints available. These are hand-made items, not run off on a machine. They are made using old cyanotyping techniques and chemicals, on a series of home-made frameworks. the end result is a true royal-blue “blueprint” on vellum paper… with the same appearance and feel of a vintage blueprint. […]
• BRF June 15, 2013
  One of the more misunderstood maladies of our age finally gets a PSA: [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] […]
• Solid Jupiter June 15, 2013
  Before the Polaris missile was developed, the US Navy studied several approaches to using submarines to launch ballistic missiles. An early idea was taken directly from WWII Germany… store Jupiter IRBMs in special canisters, towed behind subs. These would be partially flooded whe  the subs got to the launch site; this would cause the canister […]
• Overly attached Uncle Sam June 14, 2013
  Snerk. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] […]