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Sean Valdrow's avatar

One of those things about the art of space age culture was how tight the hot women's space suits were. Form-fitting pressure suits with a deliciously slutty 1970s flair will do a lot to enhance our current lame space age culture.

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Sean Valdrow's avatar

Building a crystal radio from scratch. Got a half dozen things to do to complete it. After that, I set up the antenna.

I used a pamphlet from the 1920 as a guide. I built it out of junk in my shop, a few things from Amazon, and an old box of screws. Had to buy a spool of copper wire.

I blacksmith and make armor. I have a half dozen projects at any one time. I publish my own books. I make toys, good ones.

I'm about to plunder a dead microwave to see what a magnetron looks like up close. If you don't know how one of those works, you got interesting reading ahead of you. The magnetron in your microwave is the product of First Order Genius.

Being a First Man is damned interesting.

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Tom Swift's avatar

This is an excellent resource. It shall become one of the laboratory exercises of the Tom Swift Academy.

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Sean Valdrow's avatar

Glad you like it.

Here's another one: The Boy Electrician

https://archive.org/details/boyelectrician00morg_0/page/214/mode/2up

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David Montgomery's avatar

Wow! I do not think I have ever read a better appreciation of the world I grew up in.

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N of 1's avatar

If you’re not first you’re last.

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The 13th Grade's avatar

So much creativity has been siphoned off into the dead end of video games and social media.

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The 13th Grade's avatar

I think it exists. My son said there’s a robotics club at school.

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Tom Swift's avatar

This is why we must promote the Great Pursuits as much as possible. How is the state of competition robotics in your area?

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