PLANET OF PERIL (51)
How did Tombstone become the mascot of the San Francisco Press Club?
MEDIA DIET
Annalee Newitz on: paperbacks, “Interview with the Vampire,” 404Media.
15th
Jul
Jul
Greenwash Your Inkjet
Does firing up your printer induce pangs of conscience? Do you wonder (but only a little) whether cyan and magenta are sustainable? Download Ecofont...
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14th
Jul
Jul
Northrop Frye
Before NORTHROP FRYE (1912-91) there was no Literary Theory, only criticism. He blasted a place for the former, as a distinct field of study...
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14th
Jul
Jul
Pinakothek (2) — Who Owns New York?
THAT IS THE APT TITLE of the Columbia University fight song. It’s odd that I remember it, because I can’t have heard it more...
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13th
Jul
Jul
Ernő Rubik
L D2 L′ F′ D2 F. U R L U2 R′ L′. F D2 F′ D′ F D F′. Anybody who has ever experienced...
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13th
Jul
Jul
Clothes make the brow
WHAT’S A HILOBROW to wear? This is the question that bedevils me. When preparing to leave the workforce last year, I anticipated with relish...
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12th
Jul
Jul
R. Buckminster Fuller
A New England scion twice kicked out of Harvard for nonconformity and “apathy,” R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895-1983) went on to invent the geodesic dome...
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12th
Jul
Jul
Hilo Heroes, July 12-18
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, this week, to the following high-, low-, no-, and hilobrow heroes. Click here for more HiLo Hero birthdays. JULY 12 A New...
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11th
Jul
Jul
Cordwainer Smith
Smith explored the inner landscapes opened up by postwar mind science.
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