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.

Friday, June 29, 2012

The Fall of France, X: A Machine For Controlling Space, III: The Shootists

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So I'm staking out a position here where the mass conscript armies of 1914 aren't going to be traced back to the world-historical m...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

From Now On, No Defeats: The Siege of Fortress Europe, I: An Hundred Circling Camps

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Here's the thing about state-directed war. It matters how it comes out. If your company sprays the walls with "This is a Safety Cu...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Fall of France, X: A Machine For Controlling Space, II: Peloton et Equipe

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This starts with some not-so-random-at-all thoughts inspired by the current state of the Vancouver retail market. I have blogged about why ...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Fall of France, X: A Machine For Controlling Space And Killing Fascists, I.

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I preferred "Rasputin." I want to talk about a much misunderstood machine today. This one: Wikipedia Not a subma...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Art of Not Being Governed, VII (Actually VIII): A Pirate To The Rescue!

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A Europe of Regions: A  Köppen-Geiger  Climate Map of Europe, thanks to Wikipedia .  Let me start by disclaiming originality in pointi...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Electric City, II: Pedal to the Metal

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Edit: Dryden? Defoe? So similar, they're basically the same guy. D'oh. Oh, heck, why not: I knew an Eisenhower ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Running Away to the Air, 6: America, What A Country!

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In honour of the Yakov Smirnov of the Twenty-First Century , another actor who lived his role, doing his best to save the unsalvageable:  ...
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