Posted inCommentary Living Technology
Through our window
When a choice of teeny Gorilla Glass or a picture window makes a difference. Thinking about which reality you want to live in.
Posted inLiving
I make a numerical mistake. Then I think about two rivers
How do you gauge progress in a writing project? I really should have been writing something else this week....
Posted inAutomobiles History Technology
Out to pasture
The passing of the horse ... and into the clean world of the car!
Posted inHistory Living Technology
Boston bakers, more or less
In 1998, Microsoft Windows was a Boston baker. If bread is the product, does the process matter to the people who bake? Plus, observations about WFH from the 1990s.
Posted inHistory Technology
Muzak. Like the air, only sweeter
You might hate it. You might find it useful. The pleasant history and on-going conundrum of "background music."
Posted inAutomobiles History
Rolling tires
Why is this woman snuggling with a radial tire on a loveseat? A look at another advertising trope, this time for tires.
Posted inHistory Technology
Flimsy film, ethereal pixels. Pictures and us.
An image captured, rectangularly framed. The 35mm frame-of-mind. Cannonballs, OFF and ON. "Seeing machines."