http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1208 sab Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:39:57 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1208 When I used to live in Las Vegas, I had a friend who bought a used pickup truck from area 51.We used to laugh about how easy it was to find it after work wherever he parked it because it glowed in the dark. Not true (the truck didn't glow) but indicative of how the neighbors viewed it, and how tolerant they were of environmental issues associated with whatever is going on there. When I used to live in Las Vegas, I had a friend who bought a used pickup truck from area 51.We used to laugh about how easy it was to find it after work wherever he parked it because it glowed in the dark. Not true (the truck didn’t glow) but indicative of how the neighbors viewed it, and how tolerant they were of environmental issues associated with whatever is going on there.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1207 Adam Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:31:16 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1207 The Cherenkov Radiation image is cool, it looks like mid-90s electronica album art. The Playboy Braille Edition initially cracked me up, though I'm glad to know the blind have access to articles like "How to install a quadraphonic sound system in your bachelor pad." The Cherenkov Radiation image is cool, it looks like mid-90s electronica album art. The Playboy Braille Edition initially cracked me up, though I’m glad to know the blind have access to articles like “How to install a quadraphonic sound system in your bachelor pad.”

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1206 John Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:40:46 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2009/07/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar/#comment-1206 This reminds me-- I was shocked the first time I used Google Earth and saw Groom Dry Lake (Area 51) in there. Guess there must've really been something to that <em>Popular Mechanics</em> story a few years ago that the gov't shut it down... floor me with a feather. I never thought the world's longest runways would go to waste like that. This reminds me– I was shocked the first time I used Google Earth and saw Groom Dry Lake (Area 51) in there. Guess there must’ve really been something to that Popular Mechanics story a few years ago that the gov’t shut it down… floor me with a feather. I never thought the world’s longest runways would go to waste like that.

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