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.

Monday, July 30, 2018

A Second Technical Appendix to Postblogging Technology, May 1948, II: Mr. Smith Goes To Ground

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"Heath Row." I probably shouldn't dwell on it as much as I do, but there's something ineffably weird about Britain...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A Technological Appendix to May 1948, II: Somewhat Germane(ium)

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(Michel Colombier composition: Somewhat better known than his music for  Colossus : The Forbin Project) So this week we have news of...
Friday, July 20, 2018

Postblogging Technology, May 1948, II: Black Out And Honey Trap

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R_. C_., The Astoria, New York Dear Father: I hope this letter finds you well, and I hope there's enough money in newsprin...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, 15 1/4: Wool And What Came Before

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Silver Star, the Valhalla range, and the backs of one of my cousins' families. Taken half a hip swivel to the left of the first. ...
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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...
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