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.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Postblogging Technology, December 1945, II: Journey to the West

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My Lord: Our best wishes, and profound gratitude to you this Christmas, or, rather this Twelfth Day. "Miss V.C." has given ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Postblogging Technology, December 19454, I: A Little Bit of Sugar

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My Lord: Merry Christmas, and best wishes for the New Year! You are probably wondering why you are receiving this, in lieu of a card ...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Walrus Ranching: Early Settlement of the Norse High Atlantic?

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Well, finally dragged myself into the library at 3PM the other day, and that's just not going to cut it when I'm working morning sh...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Into The Wheelhouse: Research Notes Towards Saying Goodbye to the Vikings

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Lameen sends me a link to an  interesting article  suggesting that Malayo-Polynesian spread across Island south Asia and the Pacific  much...
Saturday, January 2, 2016

Postblogging Technology, November, 1945, II: Two Records, Three Nobels

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R_.C_, Shaugnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dearest Father: I'm sorry to hear about your cold, endlessly amused by your...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Postblogging Technology, November 1945, I: Home for the Holidays

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Mr. R_. C_., Shaugnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dear Father: Thank you! A million times thank you! What a Thanksgiving this wi...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

A Soldier From the Wars Returning: Recap, Part the Second, New Technology, New Jobs

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So I don't like doing this, but I lost another writing weekend this week, this time to eldercare issues: I'm going to see if I can ...
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