LENA, YODAVILLE, SHIRLEYS, AND THE TEAPOT PART 2
YESTERDAY, JAMES VINCENT began a review of Dylan Mulvin’s Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In. Today in Part 2 we continue with a familiar proxy, the International Prototype Kilogram, … Continue reading
LENA, YODAVILLE, SHIRLEYS, AND THE TEAPOT PART 1
WHAT DOES LENA, A PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD in 1972, have in common with Yodaville, a simulated Middle East community near Yuma, Arizona? Both Lena and Yodaville are discussed by James Vincent … Continue reading
REFINING HEMINGWAY’S DETECTOR
ERNEST HEMINGWAY SUGGESTED in The Paris Review, “The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.” I used to suggest to students that readers as … Continue reading
A PLACE FOR THE CAR
BRITISH ARTIST KIERAN GABRIEL HITS a sweet spot in my appreciation of cars, architecture, and favorite artistic influences. The September 2022 Classic & Sports Car features his work in its … Continue reading
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN COMPUTING
THE WORD “ADVERTORIAL” SETS an alarm in my mind: Is this thing trying to bamboozle me or what? On the other hand, AAAS Science magazine uses it in the pure … Continue reading
AUTOMAKER GREEN—AND NOT JUST MOOLA
IN SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS, General Motors recently announced that it had secured all of the renewable energy it needs to power all of its U.S. facilities by 2025, fully 25 … Continue reading
KEEP ON TRUCKIN’—WITH H2 PART 2
ENCOURAGED BY MITCHELL/BORRONI-BIRD/BURNS, yesterday we began a discussion of hydrogen-fuel-cell trucking. Today in Part 2, evidence for and against various ideas is offered. Is Blue Hydrogen Worth the Candle? You’ll … Continue reading
KEEP ON TRUCKIN’—WITH H2 PART 1
WHEN BILL MITCHELL, LARRY BURNS, AND CHRIS BORRONI-BIRD proposed mobility for this century, they envisioned a vehicle mix with propulsion depending upon size and distance. Based on range and infrastructural … Continue reading
WERE I TO WIN THE LOTTERY….
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD IS most appropriate in this title, because I don’t ever enter lotteries. The thought of having gobs of unexpected wealth did come to mind, however, in perusing … Continue reading
“WHEN DID YOU COME TO THIS COUNTRY, DENNIS?” PART 2
YESTERDAY, MARNIE CHESTERTON of BBC CrowdScience opened a discussion of “Why Can’t I Change my Accent?” Today in Part 2, she tells us about pitch, in more ways than one. … Continue reading
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