#AROW80 2023
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Yesterday, I Learned...
That the Nazis attempted to design a plane capable of reaching the United States (specifically, New York City) from Germany. The project, called Amerikabomber, resulted in five prototypes, but no operational aircraft. The plane would have needed to be able to make the 7,200 mile round trip without refueling.
In addition to New York City, the Nazis had twelve other targets in mind, including La…
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Boop, I'm A Submarine!
Well, I’m reading about them. And planes, because I’m trying to develop a timeline of nuclear weapons based on yield and speed of delivery system.
I’m also reading a lot of comics. I love my library apps.
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Halfway to 1,000!
My last post was my 500th post since I started this blog, roughly 10 years ago. I’m looking forward to seeing how fast I can make it to 1,000.
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Math Accomplished!
I finished my calculations for the scale models of nuclear blasts, so now I’m going to be working on setting those scale measurements against Soldier Field. I’ve also figured out scale measurements for the atmosphere. I’m expecting this part will be easier, since it’s going to be less math and more map reading and such.
I also started taking notes on The Zone again. The book is still awful, but…
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Moderate Success!
I still haven’t tracked down exact measurements for the stadium at Soldier Field, but I have found figures that are close enough for my purposes, thanks to CalcMaps – Maptools. Using their distance tool, I was able to put points on a satellite photo of the stadium itself and get a rough estimate for length and width.
It’s honestly shocking to me how hard it is to find out what I’d thought would…
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Checked Out
Good news: my colonoscopy came back negative! This means I don’t have to have another one for ten years — hopefully by 2033 medical science will have advanced enough to create a colonoscopy prep solution that doesn’t taste like sadness and misery. Or, barring that, at least comes in a smaller portion.
Otherwise, I have been playing around with numbers and vaguely working on my scale model of…
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New Year, New Challenges - AROC80 Goals Post - Round 1 2023:
New Year, New Challenges – AROC80 Goals Post – Round 1 2023:
Good morning! I’m taking the opportunity to post this before work because I have other stuff I’m going to have to do this evening and I don’t want to miss the first A Round Of Words in 80 Days check-in for 2023! The challenge is doing things a little differently this year, launching The ROC80, a Round of Creativity welcoming wordsmiths and artists of all types is an 8- day challenge to offer that…
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Not Doing Nothin' Today
Except prepping for a colonoscopy. Which leads to the question of the day: why the hell does the prep stuff have to taste so damnably foul? I mean, is there a medical reason for it or what?!
So far, other than having to choke down the first round of the Awful Stuff – and not looking forward to Round Two in the wee hours – the prep hasn’t been so bad. I’ve been loafing in bed, listening to…
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Adventures in Stupid Big Numbers
Adventures in Stupid Big Numbers
As I mentioned in my Goals Post back on Monday, I’ve been working on a way to create scale comparisons of nuclear blast yields. I’d already created a couple spreadsheets full of figures for yields between 1 ton and 100 megatons for surface blasts and airblasts and I’d even created a scale where 1 foot = 30 feet but that led to a model that was too large. Especially since I’d wanted to compare the…
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