Traveler | 7. Dezember 2011
On this day in 1939 the Battle of Suomussalmi started. It was one of the decisive battles of the Winter War between the Finnish and Soviet Armies. Theoretically, the vastly superior Soviet forces, consisting of elements of the 9th Army, should have been able to defeat the Finnish forces with ease. The Finnish forces had [...]
Traveler | 18. November 2011
Today in 1787, Louis Daguerre, renowned French artist and physicist was born. He was a pioneer in the filed of photography and invented the technique bearing his name and which is well loved by Steampunks across the globe. So, today raise your glasses in memory of Louis Daguerre. People who looked at this item [...]
Traveler | 11. November 2011
Today is Armistice Day. In the US it’s Veterans Day and Remembrace Day in the Commonwealth nations. In Germany it also marks (for reasons that have elduded me since forever) the beginning of the Carnival Season. It starts November 11th at 11:11 am (that is 11/11, 11:11) . Why I bring up the Carnival Season [...]
Traveler | 2. November 2011
21, half the meaning of life, the universe and everything, that is a lot of wisdom already, don’t you think. Well, it is also the final issue of the regular run of the Gatehouse Gazette. For the foreseeable future, there will be no more regular bi-monthly issues of this magazine. The torch will keep on [...]
Traveler | 25. September 2011
Just came across this one on Paleofuture, and it firmly fits into atompunk gone a bit too far in a baseball jacket wearing direction: Those were the days… 1960. Most people were convinced there would be cities on the moon in their lifetime. Well… ummmmm… It did not quite turn out that way. At least [...]
Traveler | 17. September 2011
Electric or at least hybrid cars are becoming fashionable these days. Rising concerns for the environment, improvement in battery technology and the realization our oil reserves will not last forever have all contributed to the rapid development of electric cars in the last few years. I was therefor quite surprized to learn of an interesting [...]
Traveler | 11. September 2011
We all know about the Apollo Program which brought a number of US astronauts to the moon. At the same time, the USSR also had a manned space program going (for my younger readers: The USSR was a state that existed from 1922 to 1991 and comprised areas of what is now Russia, Ukrania, Belarus, [...]
Traveler | 2. September 2011
So here it is, issue 20 of the Gatehouse Gazette. This one is dedicated to the 1930s, the decade which brought forth the best designs in art, technology, fashion and architecture. Well, at least as far as my personal tastes are concerned. Art Deco and 1930s fashion are two aspects of the 30s I find [...]
Traveler | 31. August 2011
Here it is, positive proof of time travel: Just look at this picture, this is an actual set of hiroglyphs in or near Abydos, it is astounding! Upper left, there is a helicopter, to its right a battletank and below the tank, some type of bulky, almost egg-shaped, aircraft. Judging from the looks it is [...]
Traveler | 8. August 2011
I really dislike people faking photographs and pretending things happend that actually never did. I mean, just look at this one: There are several things wrong with this picture: Obviously, the shadow the Reichsflugscheibe is casting is far too small. The propulsion system of the Reichsflugscheibe would never had allowed it to get that close [...]
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