We met on Tuesday for a great discussion of all things and people SteamPunk-ish. By coincidence, I received this newsletter about Zeppelins in San Francisco and thought I'd send it along. I'll try to put my notes about the meeting into a separate email later this week.
Alicia Begin forwarded message: > From: DVICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: November 6, 2008 2:00:00 AM EST > To: Alicia Henn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Zeppelins fly again, 10 iPhone costumes & more > > > > > > San Francisco Brings the Zeppelin Back > > The last time airships symbolized chic travel was about 10 seconds > before the Hindenburg blew up in 1937. ButAirship Ventures' new > airship cruises in the San Francisco Bay Area want to bring retro- > cool to new heights — around 1,300 feet to be precise. > > The company's 246-foot Zeppelin NT is smaller than its flammable > predecessors and has a semi-rigid, non-explosive helium-filled hull, > managing a top speed of 35 mph. At $495 an hour, the rides aren't > cheap, but they do compare favorably to helicopter and plane tours > in the Bay Area. If your group can fill all 12 seats in the sleek > gondola, you may get a discount. Even the bathroom has a window, so > no missed views. > > Airship Ventures plans to buy two more Zeppelins, basing the next > one on the East Coast and a third on the airshow circuit. And please > note: this is not a blimp. Airships include any ship that use > lighter-than-air gases to gain lift. But this ship is a Zeppelin; it > has a carbon-fiber rigid frame wrapped in treated canvas. Blimps are > just a big gas bag with no internal frame. Besides, it's way cooler > to say, "I'm a Zeppelin captain." Let's face it — it's hard out here > for a blimp. > More top stories from the week: > From Fidgit: Rock Band Creator Announces Beatles Game > Next up: Led Zeppelin? > The 6-Legged Robot Anyone Can Build > Always wanted an insect robot? This is the perfect kit for you. > 10 Best iPhone Costumes > You have to see the one made for a dog. > Is the Internet Haunted? > We break down the 10 freakiest outbreaks of Web weirdness. > Top 9 Election-Tech Debacles in the History of Democracy > Voting machines aren't perfect — the 9 worst examples from history. > Gallery of the Week: Voting Booth of the Future > Could voting machines be perfected? Industrial designers have at it. > > > > > > > © 2008, SCI FI. All rights reserved. > > SCIFI.COM > 30 Rockefeller Plaza > New York, NY 10112 > (212) 664-3571 > > You are receiving this once-weekly e-mail newsletter because you > signed up for it when you registered with SCIFI.COM. You may > unsubscribe at any time by clicking here. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, go here --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
