In
July, 2014, I completed a short story about a dog’s life. You can see it here
at
www.burgy.50megs.com/dog.html
I
wrote in 2013, for my own amusement, an auto scrapbook, titled:
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE
From the beginning of time
until 2100
The book is meant for viewing on a PC monitor; the size makes it not
practical for printing. It is subdivided into 16 chapters, with over 1000
pictures in 1174 pages. Most cars get their own page.
The size of the book is about 223 megabytes; the largest chapter, 1931 to
1940, is
about 24 megabytes; 97 cars in 100 pages.
In 2014 I condensed it to a smaller version, 80 pages, suitable for
printing, which is on my Google Drive at:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzPHMMbTFcHqeDlUaXJ5UU1IWEk&usp=sharing
TABLE of CONTENTS
1 0001-1880 The Tinkerers
2 1881-1890 The Inventors
3 1891-1900 The Developers
4 1901-1910 Bleeding Edge Buyers
5 1911-1920 The Explosion
Chapters 1-5 of the large book are available on Google Drive at
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BzPHMMbTFcHqNzdEMVB3NjNSckk/edit
6 1921-1930 Technology Catches Up
7 1931-1940 The Age of Elegance
8 1941-1950 Pause and Regroup
9 1951-1960 Inverted Bathtubs
10 1961-1970 Where Next?
Chapters 6-10 of the large book are available on Google Drive at
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BzPHMMbTFcHqa180UVFMcDh5VEU/edit
11 1971-1980 Muscle Cars
12 1981-1990 The Age of the Strange and Ugly
13 1991-2000 Rise of the Monsters
14 2001-2010 Reaction and Reinvention
15 2011-2020 Hybrids and Electrics
16 2021-2100 The Shimmering Future – or Not
Chapters 11-16 of the large book are available on Google Drive at
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BzPHMMbTFcHqdEtPcnVSemhTUXM/edit
On
April 27, 2014, I disposed of my 50+ year collection of Motor Trend magazine,
by donating it to a museum, Dick’s Classic Garage in San Marcos, Texas. Their
web site is
I
have placed a copy of the first 4 issues, Sept – Dec 1949 on my Google Drive.
Here are the links:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2KmRU8GABb9dEVjMXVVRmc1U0U&usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2KmRU8GABb9ckZWdHJkc3VkYTg&usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2KmRU8GABb9U1QtdzFHZkNobjg&usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2KmRU8GABb9U1QtdzFHZkNobjg&usp=sharing
Some
other files which may be of interest:
All the BBC (My 1960 Baseball computer simulation game) files. There are a lot of them!
My
SABR essay on baseball variability
http://sabr.org/latest/john-burgeson-variability-baseball-statistics
Bess
Kalb article on the origin of the BBC game
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7793059/john-burgeson-ibm-computer-start-baseball-video-games
My personal web site
The Burgeson clan, 7-6-2013
https://drive.google.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=tbutton&utm_campaign=msa#all
Link
to the BBC game on
Wikipedia
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2KmRU8GABb9YzlLaENrNF9DYnc/edit?usp=drive_web
The link is A true story
The link is The History of the automobile, 0001 to 2100
The link is at DANIEL
The link is at MASKS
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