Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Mad Scientists Take Note

Memepool is a great source for obscure, interesting and useful pages on a wide array of subects. The gadget section and the science section ought to be required reading for any MIT hopeful.

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Things Every Superhero Should Know

How do you build a superhero base? Every superhero needs some kind of a secret base. Some superheroes go a step further and rule their own nation-states! Superheroes also need some really cool ride. Even if only to get to … Continue reading

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The Glory that Was Meroë

1668 BCE: Freed from Egyptian domination, two Nubian kingdoms unify into one state, known to the Egyptians as Kush, with its capitol at Kerma. Currently Egypt is in decline and is ruled by foreign invaders: the Hyksos. 1700-1400 BCE: Minoan … Continue reading

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Alternate, Alternate Histories

I’m tired of what-if stories about the Second World War and the Civil War. Those are allohistories that have been fictionally done to death. I’d like to see something different. I graduated from university with a degree in history. I … Continue reading

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Thoughts to Spur Discussion

Or, what few, vapid ideas Mr. Farlops could think of to spur discussion in his bulletin board. History is not a fractal and history is not a cycle. History is an infinite landscape that always changes, and while looking self-similar … Continue reading

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