Sailor on the bridge-wing of the USS Fitzgerald, with the cargo ship Crystal looming in the background

Death And Valor On An American Warship Doomed By Its Own Navy

ProPublica have published a well-written series of rich content articles about the fatal collisions between commercial shipping and US Navy Destroyers in the Pacific. They are long articles but are well worth a read, providing an insight into the catastrophic sequence of events leading to deaths.…

Citroën CX – Bespoke Motorhome

Citroën CX – Bespoke Motorhome

Here’s something I spotted back in October when it went to auction. It looks like nothing I’ve ever seen.

It was originally commissioned in 1982 by an agricultural company; seemingly eager to make an impression, they used it primarily to carry their microlight and it’s wing, so that they could demonstrate aerial-crop-dusting.…

Winter nights in front of the Letterpress machine

Throw away that ancient log fire VHS, Jukebox Print have got the perfect background video for you. 53 minutes of autofeeding letterpress goodness.

If you haven’t already dropped by the Jukebox Print channel you should take a look – it’s relatively new but it has fantastic print-related content.…

Snazzy Maps

Snazzy Maps

I have a thing for maps this week.

For those who aren’t aware you can completely, near-limitlessly, customise google maps (either live or in code). There’s something strangely satisfying about it. Lots of user created styles on the Snazzy Maps website too.…

The Perfect Road Trip

The Perfect Road Trip

This is the “perfect road trip”, mathematically engineered by Randal S. Olson. Perfect as in it is optimised to go via all 48 states, and take in 50 of the most major landmarks chosen by Tracy Staedter.

It’s created using genetic algorithms.

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