Saturday, June 6, 2026

Missile Gap? A Technical Appendix to Postblogging Technology, February 1956

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  Long time readers will be tired of me bleating about how I was sold a bill of goods in high school about how "we," meaning of co...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Postblogging Technology, February 1956, II: Working Class Atoms

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R_.C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: A typically foggy winter here in San Francisco sees me with my magazines almost all sort...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Postblogging Technology, February 1956, I: The Work of a Dozen Engineers

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R_., C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: The February blues are upon the city by the bay. Yours truly is coping with consent de...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Supplementary Postblogging: What Did Happen in Late January 1953?

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 To Whom It May Concern: The total archive of these papers, in their tiny parchment and cribbed family code, covers almost a hundred years a...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Postblogging Technology, January 1956, I-And-A-Half: A Peaceful Year to Come

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  1:39, though the talking heads do manage some explanation for why  you're listening to this.  R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada ...
Monday, May 4, 2026

Postblogging Technology, January 1956, I: Why Would You Risk All This Progress With Adlai?

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R_.C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Where in some boring parts of the world the story is having to book a last minute flight...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

The Fall of Rome, VII: One, Two, Many Irans

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  The real story of the week is that I finally dragged my ass out to the library on Wednesday, cleared my account, and placed my next batch ...