Posts Tagged ‘nerd’
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The Forger of Thunderbolts
I have a nerd crush on Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Historical crushes are easy. “This person was brilliant, but also a giant asshole.” over time becomes “This person was brilliant.” So let me caveat my crush by saying I know very little about Charles Proteus Steinmetz. My firsthand knowledge is zero (he died in 1923). I do […]
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Nomadic Research
Every year or so I wander over to Steven Roberts’ Nomadic Research Labs site and Anarchives. I gawk at his various bouts of awesomeness and am humbled and inspired. My favorite is his Winnebiko II which I ran across in a Backpacker magazine article my grandmother had in her giant stack of magazines in her living room. That […]