Sunday, February 26, 2017

Postblogging Technology, January 1947, I: If This Goes On

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Mrs. B. T., 79 Av de Harmonia, Macao, Dear Jenny: Since you are about to receive the Earl, Uncle George, and my Father for th...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Recapping the Fall of Rome: Game of Thrones

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Lots of caption here, because credit where credit is due. This is Abdelratif Reda's fresh goat cheese, served with apricot jam on a ba...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Postblogging Technology, December 1946, II: Never Stop Grifting

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I thought that the Burnelli "lifting body airplane " scam gave up the ghost during World War II, but, it turns out that Chuck ...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

Postblogging Technology, December 1946, I: Waiting For Santa

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* R_. C_., Crown Point Hotel, Trail, Canada. Dear Father: I do so hope that this package catches you in your hotel in a...
Friday, January 27, 2017

The Fall of Rome, VII: Bread, Circusses

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Those are some happy elephants, because Tirupati deluxe bran is the best bran.  iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli / uendimus,...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

An Agro-Technical Appendix, V: Evil as Strategy

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Someone had to go and make Rimmer an admiral, didn't they? Unlike apparently every other person on Earth, I've really got no ...
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Friday, January 13, 2017

Against Mass Production in Post-Modernity: A Tractable Problem

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There was a thing on Twitter, the other day to the effect that the Allies won World War II because Britain provided the time; the Soviet Un...