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Joshuah Bearman
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“I tell you, this station will be operational as planned…”
Directed energy missile defense works, for the first time.
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Long Before Lady Gaga
There was Gerald (and Sara) Murphy: Looking comfortably mechanical at the Comte Étienne de Beaumont’s Automotive Ball in 1924. P.s. How awesome is it that there was such a costume ball? P.p.s. Looks like Gerald’s costume came complete with a…
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How I Managed to Sneak the Words/Phrases “Hobo,” “Astronaut Juice,” and “E.L. Fudge” onto the NY Times Sunday Op-Ed Page
All in one story! It is the tale of a third-grade indiscretion that also happens to also be an economic parable for our time. It involves snacks. In addition to the above snacks, there are appearances by classics — Cheetos,…
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M4W-The Power Glove
I am going to guess that there is no file on this usage in Nintendo’s Product Safety Department. You gotta respect it: dude knows what he wants — and just asks for it:
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Weekly Dose of Wonder
Martian Landscapes! In orbit 187 miles up, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking incredible photos of the surface of the red planet: Here are dozens more equally entrancing images.
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Albert Speer Would Be Proud
Not to mention Leni Riefenstahl. If Berlin has no mountains, why not build one? Architect Jakob Tigges suggests putting Berlin back on the monumentalist map by erecting a 3,000-foot mountain on the site of the recently decommissioned Tempelhof airport. Summer…
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Weekly Dose of Wonder
Riddle me this, art-cognoscenti? Why is Frederic Church not as well known as William Turner? Does the Hudson not inspire as great art as (my alma mater) Heidelberg? Is it just that Church was American? Twilight in the Wilderness:
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Just like on Facebook: It’s Complicated
Such is the theme of a group show at Royal/T. In Bed Together is what it’s called. I think it’s metaphorical.
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LA Times on Art Laboe
So there was a great piece in the LA Times last week about Art Laboe, an 84-year-old veteran radio host in Los Angeles whose long history and oldies show has forged a deep cross-cultural connection with the Latino community. Laboe…
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From the Bowels of the Game Developers Conference
Joshuah Bearman has an article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about the burgeoning independent video game developer scene. Basically, technology and distribution has enabled a do-it-yourself, ‘zine movement in video games. It’s a raucous avant garde, and wants…