Flight 358

| August 3, 2005

A big jet airliner, 309 souls aboard, crashes on landing and there at no fatalities? None? Not one? Thankfully, even the plane crashes in Canada are boring.

James Doohan, 1920-2005

| July 20, 2005

A major inspiration for a generation of engineers – yours truly included – has passed. Scotty of ‘Star Trek’ Dead at 85 James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command “Beam me up, Scotty,” died early Wednesday. He […]