Monthly Archives: October 2015

As any good steampunk will tell you, about a century ago airplanes and airships (blimps, dirigibles, zeppelins) shared the skies, vying almost neck-and-neck for dominance. From the turn of the 20th century through the 1930s, spacious lighter-than-air craft—usually rigid-framed ships … Continue reading →

The drug-addict mother, the fictional son, the defective airplane parts: Secrets are at the core of many great American plays. Sometimes they are secrets kept by one character from the others, or from the outer world; the drama is in … Continue reading →

Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced – that is that it’s being made by two different vendors with two distinct manufacturing processes – one major question has remained in the … Continue reading →

(CNN)For more than 36 hours, there’s been no word from, and no sign of, the U.S.-flagged container ship El Faro. That means no news on what’s happened to the 28 Americans and five Poles aboard, faced with the full fury … Continue reading →

The air at Milk Studios today was arctic, frosty enough that Xavier Jones, a stylist, felt compelled pull his black fox tight around him as he stoically braved the 45-minute wait to showtime. The atmosphere heated up plenty, though, the … Continue reading →

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement faces a grueling battle for approval in Congress — and the legislatures of each participating country — now that the 12 nations involved have hammered out a deal after five years of negotiations led by the … Continue reading →

Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski is the commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.(Photo: Scott M. Ash/US Air Force) WASHINGTON — As commander of US Air Force Materiel Command, Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski has a lot on her plate. Headquartered at … Continue reading →