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, July 7, 2018

Postblogging Technology, May 1948, I: Jigging For Subtext

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She just wants to be alone! R_. C_., The Waldorf, New York, New York, Canada Dear Father: Here I am back in California, and y...
Sunday, July 1, 2018

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, XIV: Geoffrey Crowther's Take

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"Cottonopolis." Probably a factory, not a tenement, not 1930s construction. I just liked the name. It's not uncommon for...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, XIII: A Midsummer's Night Update

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I hope that you've had a restful June. I have, with the family visits and the vast amount of standing around involved in closing a groce...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

A Meta-Technical Appendix to Postblogging Technology, April, 1948: The Two Secrets of the Fiscal 1948-9 British Budget

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So this started out as a smartass answer over at Quora to the question, "What did Britain lose in World War II?" The expected a...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018

Postblogging Technology, April 1948, II: Accidents Will Happen Is Not An Excuse

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R_. C_. Vancouver, Canada. Dear Father: I'm dashing this off before my Philosophy exam because my house sisters have told me ...
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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Postblogging Technology, April 1948, I: Blockades and the Revenge of Money

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R_.C_. Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Between exams and work, I am in a tearing hurry, and I'm down in the dumps because Reggi...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, XII: The Queen of May

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Most publicity shots from Duel in the Sun feature Jane Russell's boobs against a backdrop of hay. Jennifer Jones is this blog ...
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