1977 AMC Electron
Overgrown Lada in Kiev
There is a fly or some kind of flying insect in my office. Dog is extremely interested. I would not describe her as entertained — this is serious business!
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Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?
Cars have done more harm than good. We’ve remade our cities and suburbs to give priorities to cars, forcing pedestrians to the edges. Particularly in cities, streets used to be common areas, shared by pedestrians and vehicles together. Now they’re dangerous Road Warrior zones. www.newyorker.com
Snow White reboot is dark
Jogging
More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart
Couples in their 60s, 70s and 80s in long term committed relationships are choosing to live separately www.ws
British poster for Godzilla, 1956.
Is Bruce Hay the Most Gullible Man in Cambridge?
Bruce Hay, a 52-year-old Harvard professor who taught a class in “Judgment and Decision-Making,” let himself get picked up by a pretty stranger in a hardware store. It was the worst decision of his life. www.thecut.com
Two brothers marry their fiancés in a “joint ceremony,” 1970s
Freezing off freckles, 1930s
“Amana’s disappearing act”, 1968 kitchen.
AT&T’s $984M Justice Department Deal Heats Up Rivalry
AT&T nabs multi-year expansive agreement to modernize Justice Department networks, giving CenturyLink and Verizon black eyes. (Me/Light Reading) www.lightreading.com
VMware Expands to Google Cloud
VMware scores a hybrid cloud trifecta, bringing its workloads to Google Cloud, following previous deals with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. (Me/Light Reading) www.lightreading.com
More households are cutting home broadband and relying on mobile connectivity through their smartphones.
(Mike Dano/Light Reading) www.lightreading.com
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Chandigarh, the modernist utopia
Following the partition and independence of India in 1947, the government created Chandigarh, a town that was supposed to be a work of art. They also created a line of chairs intended as inexpensive furniture for the people, that now fetches a high price at auction. (Nice Try, a podcast about the perpetual search for utopian living) www.curbed.com
The Queen: Constance
A decade before she became known as the “welfare queen,” Linda Taylor put herself at the center of a different Chicago scandal. Upon the death of gambling kingpin Lawrence Wakefield, Taylor posed as the heir to his sizable fortune. The hearing revealed Taylor’s real identity and opened a window into her troubled past. (Slate Presents: The Queen – The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth) luminarypodcasts.com
Soooooo I have been writing reviews for about ten years. My wife's review of Alien puts everything I have ever written to shame.
"Alien is a movie where nobody listens to the smart woman, and then they all die except for the smart woman and her cat. Four stars."
— Adam Shaftoe (@AdamShaftoe) May 1, 2019