The Dailies

Word of the Day

Sisu (n., SIH-soo)

A Finnish word meaning grit, endurance, bravery, determination, and resilience in the face of adversity, as well as being an expression of the Finnish national character. It is possible to have bad sisu (being too headstrong) as well as good sisu (being Finnish). Oh, and Teemu forever.

Gif of the Day

Tags AnimalsCatPigWhen pigs jumpRejected Winnie-the-Pooh stories

Link of the Day

Cockpit panoramas

Air & Space Magazine has a number of fantastic, detailed cockit portraits of various famous airplanes and helicopters. (For example: B-52, P-51 Mustang, SR-71 Blackbird, Messerschmitt Bf 109, and the Apollo Command Module.) You can zoom in to a very fine level of detail on the instruments and turn all the way around to get a sense of what it's like to sit in one of these aircrafts.

Tags AircraftPanoramasLots of dialsControl design