Neat-o

Pardon the dearth of posting, as (happily) events have taken over.  In any case, here are some nice color photos from the early 1900's.

Getting there

The USA isn't that old, as Eddy Izzard et al have pointed out, but occasionally you run across a bit of history that hasn't been completely shoved aside in the last 30 years. Here's an old cemetary which is now located in a Home Depot parking lot.

Today: Slog Slog Slog

I could use a beer.

several light-years apart

Yeah, technological progress is pretty sweet.

Evolution in progress

"The first working integrated circuit on germanium was
demonstrated by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments in 1958."

2008: Intel Core i7 processor with 758 million transistors.

Here is a rather nice photographic series which follows the progress of Moore's Law over the years.

A Christmas tradition

They really need to release Fitzwilly on DVD. ($135 for a used VHS tape?) Dick Van Dyke's fake accents are hilariously terrible as always, but Barbara Feldon is an angel.

Happy Thanksgiving

And have a beer: Sam Adams and 'A Day of Thanksgiving'

When was the first Thanksgiving? Most of us think of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1621. But if the question is about the first national Thanksgiving holiday, the answer is that the tradition began at a lesser-known moment in 1777 in York, Pa.

Life on Mars

I like the ABC remake of Life on Mars, or at least the two episodes I've seen so far. I can't compare it to the British original, but I'd be interested in checking it out now. I'm not sure if the Bowie reference made any sense in the first one, but I doubt it will now. Maybe that will become manifest in one of his magical realism hallucinations. Harvey Keitel is fun as always, and the rest of the cast is solid too - Dean Winters, Gretchen Mol, etc. I'll pretty much watch anything with Dean Winters in it. Michael Imperioli sports ridiculous '70's facial hair.

BUT, like Mad Men, the show pulls a fast one by moralizing over the prejudices of that time. And in Life on Mars, the main character sermonizes for us instead of leaving it implicit. My, aren't we so enlightened compared to those neanderthals... Pot meet kettle, timber in your eye, etc. etc.

For Laura

Hey, when you wanna unlock your kids from the basement, you can keep them "safe" in this snake-proof "crib."

Billetproof

Nifty photos from the Billetproof auto show.

The problem is that it's sorted autobiographically

World's Largest Record Collect, appraised at $50 million, fails to sell for $3 million

On a more serious note, he probably just needs to sell off the especially rare and valuable records individually, where there will be lots of buyers, instead of trying to find that one magic unicorn Nick Hornsby who can afford the whole thing.

Heathkit

The nifty Heathkit Virtual Museum. I wish they were still around.

Ye Olde Eames Chaire

Forsooth and verily, it is neato: Vintage Eames Chair Order Form.