Author: Mike Knotts
Fire from the Sky – Meteor Crater
About 15 miles west of Winslow, Arizona, you turn off at the aptly named Meteor Crater Road exit. Nothing is here, save a large and friendly service station, too big for something this close...
Gamechanger – Spy vs. Spy
Looking back on First Star Software’s classic PvP computer game “Spy vs. Spy”.
Three-Hour Tour – 3 Quick Stops in NYC
A few weeks ago, a friend who had never been to New York was coming to the city on business, but only very briefly. With just a three hour window open in his schedule,...
“Clerks” Quick Stop market – Leonardo, NJ
I was down in Red Bank, NJ over the weekend and took the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Quick Stop market from Kevin Smith‘s Clerks. It’s one of my old-school favorites, the...
This Old Game – NATO Commander
A brief history and retrospective of Sid Meier’s classic computer war game from Microprose, “NATO Commander”.
Gamechanger – Star League Baseball
A history of the classic 8-bit era computer game “Star League Baseball”.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum – A Day Onboard The “Fighting I”
Sporting one of the most distinguished service records in U.S. Navy history, the USS Intrepid was commissioned on April 26, 1943 – just one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers the U.S. produced during World...
The Mysterious “Golden Era” Passenger Railcars on the Northeast Corridor
Sometimes, very rarely, but sometimes, when taking a train into New York City, you can glimpse a jewel from a bygone era – a vintage Pullman or classic railcar. Curious when I first saw...
