Tuesday, December 11, 2018

"Global, U.S. Growth in Smartphone Growth Starts to Decline"

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Excellent article on the state of the smart phone market by Jake Swearingen of New York magazine. There's nothing particularly surprisi...
Monday, December 10, 2018

Our annual Toys-for-Tots post

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A good Christmas can do a lot to take the edge off of a bad year both for children and their parents (and a lot of families are having a ba...
Friday, December 7, 2018

"The internet is broken, and we need to learn the right way to be wrong again."

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Thoughtful video essay by Bob Chipman.
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Oklahoma, school funding, and the meta-perceptions pre-thread (proto thread?)

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One of the questions I would love to see some social science researchers dig into is the apparent increase in people not only espousing extr...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Some mid-week retro-future

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From the Internet Archive's Galaxy Magazine collection.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

After the swans and tipping points – – a few quick and half-assed thoughts on post-relevancy.

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I think I've made this point before, one of the advantages of a blog like this is that – – due to the flexibility of the form, the abili...
Monday, December 3, 2018

The politics of that pile of old comics -- repost

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The response to the death of Stan Lee has been truly remarkable, particularly when compared to his collaborators Steve Ditko and even more...
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Friday, November 30, 2018

Having a wonderful time...

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For years, whenever you saw a list of the top rated original cable shows, there would be a foot note that would say something like "exc...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Some cool old airplane pictures for a Thursday

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Steam powered airplanes were the very definition of a technological dead end, but you have to admit they had style. 
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

More perspective on the atomic age mindset.

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In an earlier post , we discussed Willy Ley's observation that, from a 1930s standpoint, a successful moon landing seemed far more o...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Space exploration is hard.

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Yes, I realize that's probably not the most controversial claim I'll make this week, but in this age of hype and bullshit, it's ...
Monday, November 26, 2018

We all know the numbers, but sometimes you have to be reminded to do the math

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From XKCD
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Kevin Drum makes a good point

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This is Joseph. There has been a lot of concern about recent comments by Hillary Clinton about Europe curbing refugee admissions .  Kevin ...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Roy Clark and friend

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Seems like an appropriate way to kick off the weekend.
Thursday, November 22, 2018

"As God as my witness..." is my second favorite Thanksgiving episode line [Repost]

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If you watch this and you could swear you remember Johnny and Mr. Carlson discussing Pink Floyd, you're not imagining things. Hulu ...