Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3o6ci5es11qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Soviet poster, 1931 (text: “We Are Building a Fleet of Airships in the Name of Lenin”) </span>from <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/the-dead-dream-of-the-dirigible/256758/">The Dead Dream of the Dirigible</a> by <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/megan-garber/">Megan Garber</a> in The Atlantic.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/22623129920http://notes.husk.org/post/22623129920Tue, 08 May 2012 01:57:00 +0100imageleninpostersoviet unionussrpropagandaairshipzeppelindirigiblehistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3m5viwkOs1qzk7t0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thingsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/670954237/books-and-photographs-on-aeronautics">thingsmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nvva.nl/renekrul/catalogs/0000aeronautics.htm">Books and photographs on Aeronautics</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Oh, very nice. Shame I can’t figure out which image it is on the original site, but no doubt you could make more of an effort, if you wanted it bigger.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/670969460http://notes.husk.org/post/670969460Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:22:00 +0100imagediagramzeppelinakronus navyblimpairship<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktb5ia0sQ81qz4vjro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Airship (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/janepbr">janeslondon</a>), on the exterior of the former Barkers department store, Kensington, London.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/248458319http://notes.husk.org/post/248458319Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:58 +0000imagezeppelinairshipart decoflickr<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkn42z9ipkgNWXFXco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USSMaconNYC.jpg">USS Macon over New York City</a></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/103711618http://notes.husk.org/post/103711618Tue, 05 May 2009 12:47:00 +0100airshipimagemanhattanus navyuss maconwikipedia1930s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkcy6yshrdgniSV0H_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Uss-akron-manhattan.jpg">Wikipedia - Image: USS Akron above lower Manhattan</a></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/46950023http://notes.husk.org/post/46950023Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:15:00 +0100airshipimagemanhattanuss akronwikipedia1930s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkcy6x1xpsFVpoAhk_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zr2aloft.jpg">Wikipedia - Image: ZR2 aloft</a></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/46949890http://notes.husk.org/post/46949890Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:14:00 +0100imageairshipr38zr21930s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/rdI4dCBFkcy6dl3ynAR6myzK_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R100">Wikipedia - R100</a> </p> <p>Nobody remembers the airship that competed with the R101, but it successfully made a trip to Canada and back. Nevil Shute - who worked on it, as an engineer - wrote a book about it, and Barnes Wallis worked on it.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/46948650http://notes.husk.org/post/46948650Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:59:00 +0100imageairshipr100torontowikipedia1930s