Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Potlach the Sea: The Candlemaker's Version

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On 12 August, 1819, the whaleship Essex ( owner Gideon Folger, 1 , 2 ) departed Nantucket Island for a two-and-a-half year cruise, ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Postblogging Technology, February 1945, I: Steel Homes and Easy Flying

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Group Captain R_C_., RCAFVR, DSO, DFC (Bar), Ad Astral House, London, U.K. Dear Sir: I understand that this letter is to reach ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

The Flowers of Edo: The Firebombing of Tokyo, Franklin and the R-3350

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The seventieth anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo comes with the first darkness of March 10th, and the burning of Franklin not for ano...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Gather the Bones, XVIII: Winter Harbours

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Next week, I need to talk about death by fire, on land, at sea and in the air. The week after, my March will be used up, since I'll n...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Postblogging Technology, January 1945, II:Gods and Instruments Are My Co-Pilots

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Group Captain R_. C_., RCAFVR, DSO, DFC (Bar), L_ House, Isle of Axholme, Lincs., U.K. Dear Sir: I am please...
Monday, February 16, 2015

The Charcoal Burners: Grexiting the Late Bronze Age

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Edit: Title change, because I'm shameless. THE KOURETES DAKTYLOI were three brothers, Celmis the caster, Acmon the anvil, and...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Postblogging Technology, January 1945, I: A New Lunar Age

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Secretsheik Group Captain R_. C_., RCAFVR, DFC (Bar), D.S.O., L_. House, Isle of Axholme, Lincs., U.K. Dear Sir: Congra...