Saturday, June 27, 2020

Postblogging Technology, March 1950, II: Under the Hurtling Moons

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Father: Please thank Mother for the care package, which arrived via Uncle George yesterday. I am ...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Postblogging Technology, March 1950, I: Go Sane!

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The General Semantics guy died this month . R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dear Father: I'm sure you're not suprised to he...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

The Plantation of the Atlantic: An African Reconnaissance

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A boat launching in the Banc d'Arguin National Park At the risk of repeating myself, it's worth restating where this investigation h...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

A Technological and Hometown Appendix to Postblogging Technology, February 1950: The First Broken Arrow

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I don't find any pictures of Port Hardy Airport's legendary derelict B-24. It shouldn't really come as a surprise that th...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Postblogging Technology, February 1950, 2: I Have A List

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Almost exactly a month since we last mailed the Palo Alto public health of...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Postblogging Technology, February, 1950, I: Princess (RPN) of Mars

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R_.C., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Well, you will have noticed that even though Ronnie is out of...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A Technological But Also Relentlessly Pure Science Appendix to Postblogging January, 1950, II: Beyond Uranus

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As an undergraduate, it was a given that, if the Tsar Bomba was the biggest bomb ever, a californium bomb would be the smallest. I'm...