Incredible Airport and Railway Diorama

And you have motivation issues when it comes to getting some glue on your fingers and starting that next project? If somebody can build an airport full of airplanes, vehicles, and put it all to life, you can open that kit box and get started. Get some glue on your...

Tuning Static Out of Modern Communication

Thomas Nast’s most famous drawing, “Merry Old Santa Claus”, I received an email forward recently from a familiar and friendly source. It really took the cake. It claimed that Snopes (a well known site for investigating Internet rumors and chain email...

If it’s Dark Matter, Flush It Down

A collision of galaxy clusters about 3.5 billion light years away. I’ve got no business commenting on something I know so little about, but here goes nothing….. From the moment I heard this theory that 80% of the universe was made from an as of yet...

This Weeks “Too Stupid” is Awarded to a City and it’s State

Since 2001 there have been 2000 American deaths in Afghanistan. Up to the election in 2008 there was quite a lot of grumbling from some about being involved in any kind of war or action. As if there is anybody that expects that war should be a popular thing to begin...

Tin Whiskers

I’m not a big fan of the gradual banning of lead. Sure, I love kids and all that. However, the enviromentalists take everything too far with what they clothe in “for the greater good” arguments. It’s really an anti-capitalist movement. And,...

The Value of Money

What is the value of money based on? Listen with care. This is a highlight of a series of 100 podcasts which I’ve been working my way through. It begins: “There’s a famous moment in the play of “Peter Pan”, when he asks the audience to...

Hello Mr Dave Thacker, I’ll try to keep…

Hello Mr Dave Thacker, I’ll try to keep it short. Your website is the best I have ever visited. !! Every time I visit it’s like going to an RC school I always dreamed about for free. All the basic important info. Also it seems everything possibly needed in...

Electric Vocabulary

I love history and electronics. Where do the terms ‘Discharge’ and ‘Charge’ come from? Enjoy this little treasure….

Another Fantastic Wright Brothers Link

Wright Model L Check out the Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company history of Wright Airplanes. This is one of my favorite Wright research sites. You won’t believe how many aircraft the Wrights built from 1903 thru 1916. Did you know they attempted to build a...