Captain's Starlog

Themistocles, the Best Drone Warfare Tactician No One Has Ever Heard Of

Themistocles, the Best Drone Warfare Tactician ...

18 may 2026
18 May 2026

Themistocles, the Best Drone Warfare Tactician No One Has Ever Heard Of

Why Dutch Square Bottoms Are the Secret Weapon of Empires, Drones, and Payloads

Why Dutch Square Bottoms Are the Secret Weapon ...

11 march 2026
11 March 2026

Why Dutch Square Bottoms Are the Secret Weapon of Empires, Drones, and Payloads

Why “Tomorrow’s War” Will Not Be Based on Ketchup

Why “Tomorrow’s War” Will Not Be Based on Ketchup

18 february 2026
18 February 2026

Why “Tomorrow’s War” Will Not Be Based on Ketchup

Why Spices Are Important to Both 15th-Century Empire-Building and One-Way Attack Drones

Why Spices Are Important to Both 15th-Century E...

4 february 2026
4 February 2026

Why Spices Are Important to Both 15th-Century Empire-Building and One-Way Attack Drones

What Alexander the Great’s Conquests Mean for Part 108 Consensus Standards

What Alexander the Great’s Conquests Mean for P...

21 january 2026
21 January 2026

What Alexander the Great’s Conquests Mean for Part 108 Consensus Standards

What the Bone Wars of the 19th Century Tell Us About Part Count

What the Bone Wars of the 19th Century Tell Us ...

7 january 2026
7 January 2026

What the Bone Wars of the 19th Century Tell Us About Part Count

Why an 18th-Century Fashionista Would Have Loved the Modovolo Lift

Why an 18th-Century Fashionista Would Have Love...

24 december 2025
24 December 2025

Why an 18th-Century Fashionista Would Have Loved the Modovolo Lift

Why Isambard Kingdom Brunel Would Have Hated the Modovolo Lift

Why Isambard Kingdom Brunel Would Have Hated th...

10 december 2025
10 December 2025

Why Isambard Kingdom Brunel Would Have Hated the Modovolo Lift

Why Making Things in the USA Is More Than Just Patriotism

Why Making Things in the USA Is More Than Just ...

26 november 2025
26 November 2025

Why Making Things in the USA Is More Than Just Patriotism

Top Ten Things to Know About Upstate New York

Top Ten Things to Know About Upstate New York

12 november 2025
12 November 2025

Top Ten Things to Know About Upstate New York

The Top Three Reasons Why Cows and Geniuses are Accelerating Upstate NY’s Surging Economy

The Top Three Reasons Why Cows and Geniuses are...

29 october 2025
29 October 2025

The Top Three Reasons Why Cows and Geniuses are Accelerating Upstate NY’s Surging Economy

Why Current Drone Design Lacks Elegance (alt title: Why the Model T Failed)

Why Current Drone Design Lacks Elegance (alt ti...

15 october 2025
15 October 2025

Why Current Drone Design Lacks Elegance (alt title: Why the Model T Failed)

What the Mechanical Spring Pocket Watch Tells Us About Drone Payload Capacity

What the Mechanical Spring Pocket Watch Tells U...

1 october 2025
1 October 2025

What the Mechanical Spring Pocket Watch Tells Us About Drone Payload Capacity

Why Tea Kettles Are Not the Answer to Drone Development

Why Tea Kettles Are Not the Answer to Drone Dev...

17 september 2025
17 September 2025

Why Tea Kettles Are Not the Answer to Drone Development

Why Syracuse and Upstate NY Are the Tomorrowland of the New Drone Universe

Why Syracuse and Upstate NY Are the Tomorrowlan...

3 september 2025
3 September 2025

Why Syracuse and Upstate NY Are the Tomorrowland of the New Drone Universe

Why Lawn Chairs Are the Spiritual Ancestors of Good Drone Design

Why Lawn Chairs Are the Spiritual Ancestors of ...

20 august 2025
20 August 2025

Why Lawn Chairs Are the Spiritual Ancestors of Good Drone Design

Gaius Marius: The Best Drone Designer No One Has Ever Heard Of

Gaius Marius: The Best Drone Designer No One Ha...

6 august 2025
6 August 2025

Gaius Marius: The Best Drone Designer No One Has Ever Heard Of

The Sad and Not-So-Sad History of Manufacturing Automation

The Sad and Not-So-Sad History of Manufacturing...

23 july 2025
23 July 2025

The Sad and Not-So-Sad History of Manufacturing Automation

Why Julius Caesar Would Have Been the World’s Best Drone Designer

Why Julius Caesar Would Have Been the World’s B...

9 july 2025
9 July 2025

Why Julius Caesar Would Have Been the World’s Best Drone Designer

What the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Means for Drones Today

What the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire M...

25 june 2025
25 June 2025

What the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Means for Drones Today

A Recommendation to the FAA: How Part 108, Big Wig, and Mechanical Spring Watches Are Connected

A Recommendation to the FAA: How Part 108, Big ...

11 june 2025
11 June 2025

A Recommendation to the FAA: How Part 108, Big Wig, and Mechanical Spring Watches Are Connected

Why One of Our Idols Is Soichiro Honda, Founder of Honda Motor

Why One of Our Idols Is Soichiro Honda, Founder...

28 may 2025
28 May 2025

Why One of Our Idols Is Soichiro Honda, Founder of Honda Motor

Why Our 3D Printer Is Like a Vomiting Frat Boy

Why Our 3D Printer Is Like a Vomiting Frat Boy

14 may 2025
14 May 2025

Why Our 3D Printer Is Like a Vomiting Frat Boy

Why the Next Decade Will See the Commoditization of Drone Technology

Why the Next Decade Will See the Commoditizatio...

30 april 2025
30 April 2025

Why the Next Decade Will See the Commoditization of Drone Technology

Why the 1970s Predict the Future of Drones

Why the 1970s Predict the Future of Drones

16 april 2025
16 April 2025

Why the 1970s Predict the Future of Drones

Why Modovolo’s Big F***ing Printer Is the Most Badass 3D Printer Ever

Why Modovolo’s Big F***ing Printer Is the Most ...

2 april 2025
2 April 2025

Why Modovolo’s Big F***ing Printer Is the Most Badass 3D Printer Ever

Garage Days Revisited: The Origin Story of Modovolo

Garage Days Revisited: The Origin Story of Modo...

19 march 2025
19 March 2025

Garage Days Revisited: The Origin Story of Modovolo

What the Fall of the Roman Republic, the Cost of Death, and Drone Operators Have in Common

What the Fall of the Roman Republic, the Cost o...

5 march 2025
5 March 2025

What the Fall of the Roman Republic, the Cost of Death, and Drone Operators Have in Common

Toilets and Drones: What Toilets Can Teach Us About Drone Prices

Toilets and Drones: What Toilets Can Teach Us A...

19 february 2025
19 February 2025

Toilets and Drones: What Toilets Can Teach Us About Drone Prices

The Wright Brothers Were Also Beefy Propeller Freaks

The Wright Brothers Were Also Beefy Propeller F...

5 february 2025
5 February 2025

The Wright Brothers Were Also Beefy Propeller Freaks

Why Beefy Propellers Are Better (The Story of Genetic-Algorithm Designed Propellers)

Why Beefy Propellers Are Better (The Story of G...

22 january 2025
22 January 2025

Why Beefy Propellers Are Better (The Story of Genetic-Algorithm Designed Propellers)

What Moneyball Means for Drones (and Cost-Per-Flight-Minute)

What Moneyball Means for Drones (and Cost-Per-F...

8 january 2025
8 January 2025

What Moneyball Means for Drones (and Cost-Per-Flight-Minute)

How to Tune a Drone: Part 2

How to Tune a Drone: Part 2

25 december 2024
25 December 2024

How to Tune a Drone: Part 2

How to Tune a Drone: Part 1

How to Tune a Drone: Part 1

11 december 2024
11 December 2024

How to Tune a Drone: Part 1

Why Bacon Is Tastier and More Aerodynamic Than Your Drone

Why Bacon Is Tastier and More Aerodynamic Than ...

27 november 2024
27 November 2024

Why Bacon Is Tastier and More Aerodynamic Than Your Drone

How the Ford Model T Predicts the Future of Drones

How the Ford Model T Predicts the Future of Drones

13 november 2024
13 November 2024

How the Ford Model T Predicts the Future of Drones

Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Drones Than We Do

Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Drones Than W...

30 october 2024
30 October 2024

Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Drones Than We Do

Cost-Per-Flight-Minute and the Battle Against the Idiot Factor

Cost-Per-Flight-Minute and the Battle Against t...

16 october 2024
16 October 2024

Cost-Per-Flight-Minute and the Battle Against the Idiot Factor

What Tesla, SpaceX, and the Idiot Factor Mean for Drones

What Tesla, SpaceX, and the Idiot Factor Mean f...

2 october 2024
2 October 2024

What Tesla, SpaceX, and the Idiot Factor Mean for Drones

The Problem with Skinny Props (or The Beauty of Beefy Props)

The Problem with Skinny Props (or The Beauty of...

18 september 2024
18 September 2024

The Problem with Skinny Props (or The Beauty of Beefy Props)

Should You Buy a New iPhone Each Time You Buy an App? DJI Thinks You Should

Should You Buy a New iPhone Each Time You Buy a...

4 september 2024
4 September 2024

Should You Buy a New iPhone Each Time You Buy an App? DJI Thinks You Should

Toilets and Drones: Why Toilet Design and Your Current Drone’s Design Are the Same

Toilets and Drones: Why Toilet Design and Your ...

21 august 2024
21 August 2024

Toilets and Drones: Why Toilet Design and Your Current Drone’s Design Are the Same

Why the Bicycle Wheel Is the Future of Drone Flight

Why the Bicycle Wheel Is the Future of Drone Fl...

7 august 2024
7 August 2024

Why the Bicycle Wheel Is the Future of Drone Flight

More Shameless Promotion of the Modovolo Lift

More Shameless Promotion of the Modovolo Lift

24 july 2024
24 July 2024

More Shameless Promotion of the Modovolo Lift

Why Farting on Your First Date Is a Better Idea Than That Drone Battery Charging Room in Your Office

Why Farting on Your First Date Is a Better Idea...

10 july 2024
10 July 2024

Why Farting on Your First Date Is a Better Idea Than That Drone Battery Charging Room in Your Office

Why Every Drone Operator Should Be a Finance Freak and Love Asset Utilization

Why Every Drone Operator Should Be a Finance Fr...

26 june 2024
26 June 2024

Why Every Drone Operator Should Be a Finance Freak and Love Asset Utilization

Why Growing a Drone Business Is Like Sticking Your Testicles into a Vat of Lye

Why Growing a Drone Business Is Like Sticking Y...

12 june 2024
12 June 2024

Why Growing a Drone Business Is Like Sticking Your Testicles into a Vat of Lye

Why Your Drone’s Batteries Are the Equivalent of the Death Star

Why Your Drone’s Batteries Are the Equivalent o...

29 may 2024
29 May 2024

Why Your Drone’s Batteries Are the Equivalent of the Death Star

Why an Anvil Is Better Designed to Fly Than a Drone

Why an Anvil Is Better Designed to Fly Than a D...

15 may 2024
15 May 2024

Why an Anvil Is Better Designed to Fly Than a Drone

Why You Are Losing Money When Your Drone Is Not in the Air

Why You Are Losing Money When Your Drone Is Not...

1 may 2024
1 May 2024

Why You Are Losing Money When Your Drone Is Not in the Air