Showing posts with label Maintaining the Framing Device. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maintaining the Framing Device. Show all posts
Sunday, June 29, 2025

UB.109T: A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, March 1955

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  So my boss is on his annual pilgrimage to the Old Continent to show everybody that he's a big shot in Canada, and we're training y...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, October 1954: Microelectronics and Music

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  "Micro" indeed. The screencap is the first size comparison for the proximity fuze I've ever seen, which is why I took the sc...
Monday, May 6, 2024

Postblogging Technology, January 1954, I: Night of the Comet

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  R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: We're back in London, fully settled in, and back on the edge of the Comet investi...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Postblogging Technology, January 1951, I: A Whole New Year

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R_.C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Thank you again for your hospitality, which I am sorry I am so late, but things in Londo...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Postblogging Technology, August 1952, I: Attack of the Saucers in 3D!

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: It has been a frantic week as Reggie received last minute instructions ordering him to ...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Postblogging Technology, October 1951, 2: The Seawolf

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R_.C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: I bet you had given up on this ever coming! I choose to blame Stanford and the BCG tuber...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

Postblogging Technology, September 1951, I: The Age of Inflation

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Well, you can see that the distractions of  setting up housekeeping, motherhood, my hus...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Postblogging Technology, July 1951, I: To Be Born Into An Age Without Clerks

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R_. C_., Arcadia, Santa Clara, California Dear Father: Following on my telegram and my note in Mother's letter, I have quite a long one ...
Friday, June 4, 2021

A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, February, 1951: The Last Days of the Labour Deterrent

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I am using the Parliamentary announcement of orders for the Vickers Valiant , the first of the V-bombers, as a reason to talk about Operatio...
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Saturday, May 15, 2021

Postblogging Technology, February, 1950, I: The Armageddon Rag

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R_. C__., Arcadia, Santa Clara, California Dear Father: Thank you very much for your kindness during my too-soon-done trip to San Francisco....
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Postblogging Technology, August 1950, I: Pirate Business

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Thank you for stepping in with the Junior College. I return my completed application fo...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Postblogging Technology, March 1950, II: Under the Hurtling Moons

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Father: Please thank Mother for the care package, which arrived via Uncle George yesterday. I am ...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Postblogging Technology, January 1950, II: Isolate and Sterilise

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: As I'm stationed at the edge of the world, no gossip this time round! Exc...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Postblogging Technology, January, 1950: Straight out of Quarantine

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(In honour of True magazine, some old time science fiction.) R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: I bet you wer...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

Postblogging Technology, February 1949, II: A Lithium Depression

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dear Father: You will be glad to know that I have my law school acceptances (and...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Postblogging Technology, October 1948, II: The Dewey System

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R_. C_., The Peninsula, Hong Kong Dear Father: Happy Birthday and many happy returns to your wife! See you Friday! I am da...
Saturday, December 8, 2018

Postblogging Technology, October 1948, I: Best Laid Plans

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R._C._ Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Well, here she is, your future daughter-in-law (she said very, very firmly,...
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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Postblogging Technology, August 1948, II: Fall Is Coming

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dearest Father: You will perhaps notice the lack of a 16 August Time. A funny story about...
Friday, September 7, 2018

Postblogging Technology, July 1948, I: Democracy Through Boogie Woogie

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Edit:  I was going to hold off on fixing the title of this entry until I had the actual "Postblogging II" post done; but that wo...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Postblogging Technology, March, 1948, II: Necessity is to Invention As . . .

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R_. C_., Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: I hope this finds you well, as I'm personally a bit frazzled, having been up to the ci...
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