Posted inBook Review History Technology
Beauty and “no-thingness”
A meditation on beauty and a book review of Patrick Bringley's All the Beauty in the World. Beauty could save us from AI.
Posted inHistory Technology
The research paper is dead. Research record and provenance, too?
When it comes to AI, just saying no isn't an option anymore.…
Uff Da! Yeah, You Betcha.
Lutefisk does have a distinctive odor, but it's a unifying force, too.
Posted inHistory Living Technology
Today, typewriters are for art
Your grandfather's typewriter is coming back as a tool for creating art.
Posted inAutomobiles History Living
Deep influence of the asphalt below us
Four meditations on roads, highways, and ancient paths
Posted inHistory Living Technology
“Creativity is just deviance put to good use”
Maybe everything is slipping to boring sameness?
Posted inCommentary History
A distant mirror
Late-night television comedians and satirists annoy fascists. They are, as Jon Stewart said, the "banana peel in the coal mine."
Posted inCommentary History Living
“This is a test of the Emergency Handwriting System”
Handwriting enriches human expression. A side effect of a New Year's resolution.
Posted inCommentary History Living
Islands of Safety and Ironic Points of Light
When hunkering down can also renew foundations.
Posted inAutomobiles History
Blurry Patina: Grimy Reverence or “Polished Turd”
Writing about American cars stranded in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, John McElroy observed…