Miscellaneous Archives - Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

New IAD Runway Dedicated

Scott Bradford — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 02:03:54 +0000

On January 19, 2024, Southern Airways Express flight 246 departed Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) bound for Lancaster Airport (LNS) in Pennsylvania. The aircraft operating the flight was a small, single-engine Cessna 208B commuter plane. It carried five passengers and two crew. Shortly after takeoff from Dulles’s runway 30, the engine started losing power. The […]

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A Rhyme on Human Rights

Scott Bradford — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:30:00 +0000

It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes. Theodor Reik The chart above is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license.It may be shared freely with appropriate attribution. More Information What Are Human Rights? The First Right: Life The Positive Good School Sixty-Three Million

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Send China the COVID-19 Bill

Scott Bradford — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000

The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) bears primary responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if the virus itself developed naturally, the PRC’s actions in the early days of the outbreak guaranteed that the world would never have any real chance of stopping it. First they denied that anything was happening. Then, when […]

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Slow Down? No, Speed Up!

Scott Bradford — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:14:12 +0000

In August of last year, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) started a patronizing ‘slow down’ campaign intended to get people to stop speeding through neighborhoods. In and of itself, I’m fine with low speed limits on residential streets, and I’m fine with tough enforcement of those low speed limits. I am not, however, okay […]

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Piano Scale Chart

Scott Bradford — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:42:56 +0000

Following up on my Piano Chord Chart, I have now developed a Piano Scale Chart. The chord chart made it possible for me to play some basic rock-style piano without any formal training, and this new chart will allow me to move even further in the self-teaching process. Expect some more of these ‘cheat sheets’ […]

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‘Bad Parking Job’ Notice

Scott Bradford — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:44:16 +0000

Don’t you hate it when somebody parks their car in a discourteous manner? Almost every day I see a car parked across multiple spots, too close to a neighboring car, or parking in a spot that isn’t a parking spot at all. Because it annoyed me so much, I created a notice that you can […]

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Piano Chord Chart

Scott Bradford — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:40:12 +0000

The beauty of learning guitar is chords. You memorize the important chords, and you can play almost any song passably. This makes the instrument accessible to anybody who wants to play without making them go through any formal training (not that there’s anything wrong with formal training). Piano is not so accessible. Generally, to play […]

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Three-Wing Octagonal House

Scott Bradford — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:35:20 +0000

I have always wanted to design, build (read: have somebody build), and live in an octagonal house. In 2002, I sat down with a basic vector drawing program and designed one. However, that original design didn’t age well. When I started reevaluating it I realized that I hadn’t defined any sizes, certain things just wouldn’t […]

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