July 9, 1982
Tomorrow is the twentieth anniversary of the crash of Pan Am 759, which fell victim to a wind shear during takeoff from New Orleans International, plowing in...
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Technologies We’d Like to See Become Obsolete
And the wonderful folks helping steer them that way: Click To Add Title. Genuinely sublime.
Sounds Familiar
Continuing the Richard Powers binge, I just yesterday finished reading Gain, which traces the corporate history of Clare International, a giant conglomerate ...
Them Singin’, Dancin’ Demons Do It Every Time
Inspired in part by the wonderful pulchritude, and in part by my own overindulgences, I’ve undertaken a plan of (somewhat) radical detoxing. The most signifi...
The Times(-Roman), They Are a-Changin’
Or, Smooth, part two.
Smooth
Eek! I just downloaded and installed IE 5.2 for OS X, which counts among its improvements “support for the new Quartz text smoothing feature.” And boy, do th...
Rubbed Out
Entertainment Weekly recently [reported](http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,262643~3 16070~0~,00.html) on the latest shady doings from t...
Preparing for Re-Entry
The last day in Hawaii, alas. Packing up the suitcase, hunting for the items lost beneath the bed. Realizing that I only took 8 pictures while I was here, an...
Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Sooner
1. Just because you read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn five years ago doesn’t mean you’ll remember its details during your orals.
Influence, Part II
Previously, on Planned Obsolescence: the book list, not as designator of “quality” or “greatness,” but rather of “influence,” which one intrepid reader under...