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“The world’s largest galaxy of Star Wars relics”

By Guttersnipe on December 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Hey, the world’s largest collection of Star Wars materials is in a museum in Petaluma, California. (Thanks, Sox!)

Henry Ford meets Jim Henson: “The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited”

By Carol on September 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

I heard industrial pa-chunking before I even entered the the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Across the street from the museum is the Ford Development Center, where Ford Motor Company does research on new vehicles and “mobility solutions.” The center first opened in 1953 and was designed […]

Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Ravenwood’s Journal

By Guttersnipe on December 16, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

Wired digs deeper into the mysterious journal sent to Henry Walton Jones, Jr., aka, Indiana Jones, at the University of Chicago.

Kubrick’s Zero Gravity Toilet Instructions

By Carol on July 27, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Please read instructions before operating the Zero Gravity facilities: “The toilet is of the standard zero-gravity type. Depending on requirements, System A and/or System B can be used, details of which are clearly marked in the toilet compartment.”