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The Unwanted Blog

• The Joy Plague July 22, 2014
  I was discussing the new TV series “The Strain” with a friend when the subject of fictional pandemics naturally arose. The point was raised that all these humanity-erasing fictional events are always depicted as terrifying, sad, generally depressing. There’s never a plague that just fills people with joy. But… what if there was? It was […]
• Patreon: time to vote for August July 21, 2014
  For $10 patrons on my Patreon campaign, a new message should appear there asking you to vote on what I’ll release in August (two documents and one large format diagram). For those who are $10 patrons, here’s a partial list anyway… if you see something there and you really want to make sure it becomes […]
• A Modest Proposal: Gaza July 21, 2014
  So, the Israelis and “Palestinains” are at it again. The Gazans are launching the better part of a hundred rocket a day into Israel; the Israelis are doing their best to blow them out of the sky with the “Iron Dome” system, and then trying to smash the launch sites. With the exception of the […]
• A brief return for “Futurama” July 21, 2014
  ‘Simpsons’-'Futurama’ Crossover to Air in November No real details apart from the title and that the main voice actors are involved. My guess would be that the Futurama crew go back in time to Springfield. Finally, after many years a reason to watch “The Simpsons.” […]
• The new X-Wings look like crap July 21, 2014
  And… that’s as it should be. A first look: [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] This looks like a throwback to the early Ralph McQuarrie  concept for the X-Wing: The paint job on the new X-Wing looks like the ship has been […]
• Automan July 21, 2014
  “Automan” was a short-lived, fairly horrible TV series from 1983/84 that tried to profit from the popularity of Tron. While today it looks pretty awful on every level, at the time it seemed – at least to this 13-year-old – pretty awesome. The special effects were very primitive by todays standards, but even so they […]
• Ring around the sun July 20, 2014
  Phone photo from a few days back… […]
• Patreon update July 20, 2014
  I’m about $21 short of the next milestone, which will result in two “PDF reviews” per month of little-known online aerospace history resources. So if that idea appeals… consider signing up (and telling all your friends who have a few dimes to rub together). Also: in August there will be three documents/large format diagrams released, […]
• Voyager passing Saturn July 20, 2014
  Some NASA artwork spotted on Ebay a little while ago. […]
• Eagle +45 July 20, 2014
  Today is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. But hey, at least we got Facebook, amirite? YOLO!   Bah. […]