Posted inCommentary History Living
Going underground to get aboveground
"I've confined my quest to the underground that is not the domain of the vice squad. (No time.)"
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."