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“King County Metro Route 8 | NFI XDE60 | Madison St @ MLK Jr Way” by Han Zheng is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Transit access is frequently depicted with isochrone maps. Given a starting …

Hi Patrons! I hope you enjoyed my first video essay on the actual evidence of the left hating crypto. As extra content to thank you for being a patron, I’m sharing the script I used …

This screenshot basically sums up “the internet as we know it”. For the past decade or so the social internet has consisted of a handful of websites that the vast majority of people frequented. The …

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***Clowns to the left of me? Jokers to the right?Well, this week in 1974, one of those …

April 4 – 26, 1521 (Hellerick) Following in the wake of King Kolambu’s little boat like whales behind a dolphin, Magellan’s ships sailed west at an unhurried pace, skirting around the northern side of the …

For his Eagle Scout service project, Jonathan Dubiel knew he wanted to do something to improve his hometown of Lafferty, Ohio. He unveiled the results on Veterans Day: a veterans memorial to replace one that …

If you were listening to the radio in the 90s, or got a certain flavour of email forward, there's a good chance you've heard the song Jingle Cats. The original novelty single from 1993 is …

Today's featured weathervane was photographed at Winterthur, in Delaware. This museum, garden, and library is home to a large collection of early American decorative arts. It was also the estate of Henry Francis du Pont …

Pricing & AvailabilityWhat comes in the box?Design & ConstructionSize & MeasurementsUser InterfaceEmitter & BeamMode ChartRuntimeDriver & RegulationSwitchCarry & ErgonomicsBatteries & ChargingOLED DisplayCompetitionConclusion Pricing & Availability Nitecore sent me this light in exchange for an honest …

Happy (belated) Equinox! In honor of Fall Equinox, I've made an updated list of popular lights. Days are getting shorter in the northern hemisphere. It might be time for a new flashlight. The best flashlight …

Thank You Patreon Thanks to my Patreon supporters I was able to buy all of the coatings to test for this article. If you want to support more knife steel research come join us at …

A personal philosophy In order to be a modeller of railways there needs to be a model railway. It doesn't matter if it is a loft or an Ikea box, there has to be a …

Perhaps a contender for worst pun on the blog, but if in doubt, grout would be a good scenic mnemonic…Coalbridge Street is late 1970s early 1970s New England. It’s like the last days of the …

I visited the International Plastic Modelers Show at Telford on Sunday rather than Saturday this year. As ever, it was an excellent show, for me, well worth the £25 entry fee (free to IPMS members). …

It's time. After 12 years of writing about cities with a Rust Belt perspective on this platform, I'm closing it down. And no, this is not an April Fool's joke. I'm moving on to a …