And it runs on batteries

Would you be willing to buy a BMW that gets up to 81 miles on a single charge, has a 170 horsepower motor, and costs a mere $41,350, not including the inevitable options? The all-electric design pretty much dictates that Continue reading And it runs on batteries

Joshua Bell at Union Station

Joshua Bell returned to Washington, DC, to attempt another concert in a train station. Since it was during lunch hour, and in a train station, why not take a train to see one of the greatest violinists in the world? Continue reading Joshua Bell at Union Station

Early version of Google

This was the early version of Google. Using these humble wooden drawers, generations of scholars and researchers, desperate students and cunning spies, despairing parents and fanatical bibliophiles, and every other shape and size of reader delved into the depth and breadth Continue reading Early version of Google

Along the Louisville waterfront

Louisville is a seaport, of sorts. The Louisville, Kentucky, “seacoast” is the waterfront along the Ohio River, with that other coastal state, Indiana, just across the water. Barge traffic has moved up and down the river for a couple of Continue reading Along the Louisville waterfront

Seriously glorious feat of engineering

No, this is not another Internet posting of a food photo. Instead, it is a posting about art and craft and workmanship. Who cares what it is, or what it tastes like: this is a seriously impressive piece of engineering.

University of Maryland versus Army

The University of Maryland women’s basketball team met the U.S. Army Military Academy’s women’s basketball team in the first round of the 2014 NCAA tournament and — Army did a credible job, showing crisp teamwork and passion, but lost by Continue reading University of Maryland versus Army

Bottle cap Flag

In the United States, you can start a riot, or sink a political campaign, or fill nightly newscasts for a week with a real or implied desecration of the American flag. But apparently there is nothing at all wrong with Continue reading Bottle cap Flag

Ducks!

Some of the 257 (and counting) rubber duckies surrounding one coworker’s cubicle. Each one is unique: There is nothing more to be said, other than to note that the person in question is a computer techie. Award winning! Another photo Continue reading Ducks!

NOAA Patch and Coins

NOAA is the world’s leading publisher of original content on the Internet. Not collected from others, but direct publishing. Every day, NOAA instruments, programs, projects and people push a steady stream of environmental, technical and scientific information out to the Continue reading NOAA Patch and Coins