Bench Grass

Bench Grass is a blog about the history of technology by the former student of a student of Lynn White. The main focus is a month-by-month retrospective series, covering the technology news, broadly construed, of seventy years ago, framed by fictional narrators. The author is Erik Lund, an "independent scholar" in Vancouver, British Columbia. Last post will be 24 July 2039.

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Postblogging Technology, November 1955: Even the Moderate Adlai Stevenson

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The Ballad of Davy Crockett hit the Top 10 twice in 1955, by two different artists. Leaving the historic Crockett aside (JFC he was a Shawne...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Jordan River Is Deep and Wide: A Technical Appendix to Postblogging Technology, November 1956

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  So we are sorted at work about how this humble blogger is going to be plugged into our current workplace "the retail emergency is for...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

Postblogging Technology, November 1955, I: The Path of Duty

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First week at Number 1 started 26 November. Princess Margaret isn't exactly a working class hero, but I bet she's vibing to this rig...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Fiasco: A Technical Appendix to Postblogging Technology, October 1955

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 i) ii) iii) (Photo credits are Navy, Air Force, and a Vickers-sourced advertorial that   I consider to be public domain. Look, you pretend...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Postblogging Technology, October 1955, II: Boom boom!

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According to  Reddit User WeirdWings, this is the  Bartini A-57 , a supersonic V/STOL delta wing flying boat nuclear bomber, with a superson...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Iron Age Revival of the State, XXV: Company's Calling

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 The rhythms of an industry devoted to hospitality are a bit at odds with a society that treats hospitality as, not unreasonably, a social t...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Postblogging Technology, October 1953, I: It's Just A Cardial Infarction! Walk It Off!

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R_., C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Here I am, your favourite daughter-in-law, dashing off a late one from an undisclosed ...
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