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You Don’t Have to Retire to a University Town
Not that I’m looking at retirement anytime soon; I love what I do for a living, and can give it a lot of energy. But there has been a push over the last decade or so for people to retire to universit… more →
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Pravic Science Fiction Extravaganza at San Francisco’s Brainwash
wrote 1 week ago: Pravic Magazine’s editorial team has assembled a glittering array of authors and aficionados to expo … more →
And then there's this...
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wrote 1 week ago: Believe it or not I’m almost ready to start wrapping up this series on technology. I’ll … more →
Experiencing God (or not)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Richard Turner is the greatest card magician alive. How do I know? Because I’m a total magic g … more →
Finding Your Optimum Pace of Life
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wrote 3 weeks ago: God has designed you with an innate Optimal Pace of Life at which you function best. And in order to … more →
You Don’t Have to Retire to a University Town
wrote 3 weeks ago: Not that I’m looking at retirement anytime soon; I love what I do for a living, and can give it a lo … more →
'Tis a Gift to be Simple
wrote 1 month ago: Lady technology hasn’t made good on her promise to make our lives simpler and more efficient, … more →
164: Louis Hunter's Steamboats on the Western Rivers
wrote 1 month ago: In Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and Technological History, Louis Hunter situates a … more →
163: Roger Bilstein's Flight in America
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wrote 1 month ago: In Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts, Roger Bilstein places the technological de … more →
162: James Flink's The Automobile Age
wrote 1 month ago: In James Flink’s The Automobile Age, the automobile, and its attendant complex of technologies … more →
161: John Jordan's Machine-Age Ideology
wrote 1 month ago: In Machine-Age Ideology: Social Engineering and American Liberalism, 1911-1939, John Jordan argues t … more →
160: Reyner Banham's Well-Tempered Environment
wrote 1 month ago: In The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, Reyner Banham argues that architecture is not … more →
159: Eugene Ferguson's Engineering and the Mind's Eye
wrote 1 month ago: In Engineering and the Mind’s Eye, Eugene Ferguson argues that the current (since the 195 … more →
158: Carolyn de la Pena's The Body Electric
wrote 1 month ago: In The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American, Carolyn de la Pena examines th … more →
157: Susan Strasser's Never Done
wrote 1 month ago: In Never Done: A History of American Housework, Susan Strasser argues that housework, the job done b … more →
156: Gail Cooper's Air-Conditioning America
wrote 1 month ago: In Air-Conditioning America: Engineers and the Controlled Environment, 1900-1960, Gail Cooper examin … more →
155: Martin Melosi's Sanitary City
wrote 1 month ago: In The Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present, Ma … more →
154: Donald Worster's Rivers of Empire
wrote 1 month ago: Donald Worster’s Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West is … more →
153: Walter Licht's Industrializing America
wrote 1 month ago: In Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century, Walter Licht complicates the process of industri … more →
152: David Hounshell's American System
wrote 1 month ago: In From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932, David Hounshell takes a materialist, … more →
