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.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, May 1951: Audiovisual Aids

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  So I took my summer bike ride last week, nine days, seven in the saddle. This is the final downhill coming down from Rock Creek Summit, th...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Postblogging Technology, May 1951, II: Domestic Vermouth

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Dad: This one is going to be a bit rushed because  I  am a bit rushed, on my way to catch the s...
Friday, August 13, 2021

Postblogging Technology, May 1951, I: Yankee Air Pirate

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dear Dad: I am going to take a minute away from the Chase Mission's advance party, which is cur...
Saturday, August 7, 2021

The Bishops' Sea: Admirals of the Ocean Seas

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  Our Vice-President for Retail Operations visited the store on Thursday. The white glove inspection went very well, and I'm pleased wit...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

A Technosocio-educational History Appendix to Postblogging Technology, April 1951: The American Mind Is Closed For The Season

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  On 12 April 1951, the search committee of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago announced the replacement to Robert Hutchins ...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Postblogging Technology, April 1951, II: Fade Away

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada William Chase Dear Father: This is  my delayed last, since in spite of the Siam Air Lines crash I am...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

A Technological Appendix to Postblogging Technology, April 1951, I: Mad Science

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  I feel a bit out of my wheelhouse when it comes to the Medicine section of Time. Hoo-boy, those mid-century medical people, hunh? But the ...
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