Paul Gazis's List of Interesting Things

The List of Interesting Things

Here you will find many things...

...humor and stories, archives of forgotten campaigns, and timeless classics. There are also links to other sites. Some involve hang gliders, which represent the pinnacle of humanity's technological, spiritual, and cultural achievement, while others involve airships, which are almost as neat, but harder to store in one's garage. Some are useful, some are interesting, and some are reciprocal links. here for nostalgia's sake, or belong to friends. Also check out the alpha version of the Online Writing List.

Humor and Stories

NEW! Admit it, this is what space exploration will really be like!
NEW! What other trophies did Isildur and his me bring back from Mordor?
Some of the Zeppelin memorials in Freidrichshafen are very strange.
And now, we bring you, Formula One Jousting!. Two noble sports, combined!
Encounters in the Sky. Three tales of hang gliding in the Western Sierras.
Why Moses didn't present the Ten Commandments in PowerPoint.
Finally, some good practical advice on how to count your chickens!
What was the prophet Ezekiel going on about all those wheels? Modern archeology provides the answer!
Pioneers of Flight: Early Asian Aviators. Tales from the dawn of Asian aeronautics.
This is how black magic really works. Honest! I'm sure you'll agree...
How would history have changed, and what would have happened, if El Cid met Saladin?
Have you ever wondered what stopped the Vikings?
Why do Mister Spock and Astro Boy have so many things in common?
From the Legends of the Eight Worlds: Ian Horwis rediscovers... Earth!
How they make kimchi. An ancient mystery, explained at last!
'Rock Around the Clock' -- the PowerPoint version.
Pioneers of Flight: the Anglo-Saxon Connection. Men of god, soaring with the angels... more or less...
A late Rennaisance view of the relationship between Church and State.
From the Legends of the Eight Worlds: How Ejection Pods Work
Doctor Manhattan's younger brother Biff
From the Legends of the Eight Worlds: The Rebirth of Interstellar Trade
The Real Pioneer 10 Plaque
From the Legends of the Eight Worlds: Damage Control
From the Legends of the Eight Worlds: Wrong Turn
What they do late at night on the USS Enterprise. Was there ever any doubt?
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Vikings. Haven't you always wanted to know?
The Real Reason Paragliders Stay Up
The Famous Relief Tube Post. Ick.
Where Mouseovers Come From. I'm sure we've all wondered.
Do you remember those Dreams of Flight? They were just like this, weren't they?
Another Fine Day on the USS Enterprise... Enterprise... Enterprise...
Flight Report: The Merlot 141, an exciting new way to fly.
Windows Enterprise Edition?
History of Space Flight: The Paleolithic. Evidence of ancient astronauts?
Pioneers of Flight: Ancient Greece, a tale of gods, adventure, engineering, and legendary sex!
The infamous Procedures to Follow in the Event of a Viking Raid.
The answers to some Important Theological Questions
The Origin and History of Colver and Roberts Variometers

Ancient History and Forgotten Campaigns

The Steam-Powered War Tractors of Asserone and Tradul

Timeless Classics

The Flying Cloud, R-505 - click here for contents or here for this week's episode
A Flight to the Borderlands

Other Sites

Hang Gliding and Paragliding Links

United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association
- Hang gliding and paragliding schools and dealers
Davis Straub's famous Oz Report
Bay Area Paraglider Association
Marin County Hang Gliding Association
Sonoma Wings hang gliding club
Team Topa
Wings Of Rogallo, the San Francisco Bay area hang gliding club

Airship Links

The Airship Association
The Airship Heritage Trust (emphasis on British ships)
Zeppelin Library Archive
John Dziadeck's Airship and Zeppelin Sites
Airships: A Zeppelin History Site, 'DJ's Zeppelin Page'
The Mooring Mast, with many great links.
Zeppelin Museum - Freidrichshafen, a must if you ever visit Lake Constance.
The Official Website of Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH, the oldest aircraft manufacturing company on Earth.
The Airshipworld.info, airship news and blog. Updates irregularly, but an interesting source for info and videos of historical and miodern ships.
Puget Sound Airship Society
Curly's Airships, an unusual tribute to the R-101
Airships: Misconceptions and Myths
Zeppelins: Monsters of the Purple Twilight (a site name to remember!)
Zeppelins - Cigars of the Air (monstrous purple ones?)
Luftschiff Zeppelin (knowledge of German is handy)
The Zeppelin Ring (tricky to work, but interesting)
The Naval Airship Association (American ships)
Atlantis Productions - Airship History
George's World Airship Photos
WSU's Harold G. Dick Collection
Airship Ventures - keeping the dream alive, right outside my window at Moffett Field.
Airship & Blimp Consultant, owned and managed by a commercial airship captain!
GASBAGS, an alternative airship website. The world's only lighter than air comedy web site.

Useful Links

The Open Directory Project, a human-edited alternative to the mighty search engines of the Robot Empires.
National Weather Service (NWS) Home Page
Real-Time San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns
NASA's WorldWind, which is even cooler than Flashearth or Terraserver.
A list of College and University Home Pages
The FedWorld Home Page of the FedWorld information network

Interesting Links

The Pioneer Program, humanity's first interstellar spacecraft!
- The Pioneer plaque
- The Real Pioneer Plaque
Spontoon Island. Funny animals, seaplanes, and South Sea adventures. Who could ask for more?
Slinging.org, because hang gliding, airships, and slings go together like... hmm...
The Hurl. A worldwide community of catapult enthusiasts. Like slings, only bigger!
Historum, a superb collection of history forums.
The Alternate History Forum, for when real history just isn't enough!
Today in Alternate History, a daily updating blog of important events in history that never occurred today!
What drama of the 1920s would be complete without a link to Dieselpunks.org?
There, I Fixed it! Compelling examples of human ingenuity.
Peter Anspach's famous Evil Overlord List.
The Eldritch Dark. An entire site devoted to the works of Clark Ashton Smith? Hurray for the WWW!
Hive Queen, and Country. What if the Victorians had colonized space... and were not alone?
- And see the new Hive Queen, and Country web site!
Brass Goggles, a fine Steampunk site. With a great name.
The Manbottle Library, arcane knowledge and questionable humor.
Topataco's Time Travel Essentials because heck, you never know...
Laws That Govern Everyday And Military Life. All too true...
The Cloud Appreciation Society. Check it out! It's more interesting than you'd guess!
The National Air & Space Museum
The National Museum of the US Air Force, worth a visit if you're ever near Dayton.
The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Food for thought? With pasta in a light marinara sauce.
- The Open Letter to the Kansas School Board, may they be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
Snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages. Did you hear the one about...
Historical Test Films of nuclear explosions... "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when..."

Reciprocal Links, Nostalgia, and More

The Norton Creek Press classic reprints and old-time wisdom.
- Robert Plamandon's One Survivor, a novel of the Eight Worlds
Fire and Steel, Australian Vikings. They've linked to the Vikings so I'm returning the favor. Thanks mates!
Phiala's String Page, another Vikings connoiseur, an interesting site, and a well-written blog.
The Runes, Alphabet of Mystery page of excellent Viking Links in teeny font sizes for people with superb vision.
The Shire of Havenhold, more Vikings fans, here in the SCA.
The SCA, because every site should contain a link to the Society for Creative Anachronism
- The Barony of Carolingia, which once was home.
MITSFS, the MIT Science Fiction Society
MITSGS, the MIT Strategic Games Society
MITNA, the MIT Nautical Association.

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Last modified: 14 May 2010.