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Colin Dickey on: “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius,” Maria Pinto, Gef the Toking Moongose.
CROSS YOUR ENTHUSIASM (12)
JOSEPHINE BAKER, SPY
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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