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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Postblogging Technology, January, II: Newer, Better Bombs

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Mr. R_. C_., Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada. Dearest Father: First things first: you asked to hear at the earliest date, ...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Postblogging Technology, January 1946, I: No Pessimism, Please. We're British

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A fortunate 1946 to all! My Lord: The seasons have come  around again, at least insofar as they do in Santa Clara. (It is not ho...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

The Bishop's Sea: Valhalla

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Samosas --from Lovely's Kitchen Deep-fried nuggets of joy. The historian of the Columbian Exchange chooses to emphasise the...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

A Cosmically Aware Technical Appendix

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I honestly don't know how I came to the idea that cosmic rays were boring. It's a tribute to an undergraduate education, mayb...
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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