Making a Further Spectacle of Yourself
Last month I discussed what the nearsighted young ladies of the 19th century did to avoid walking into walls and other people (though walking into
Tag: technology
Making a Spectacle of Yourself
I am, alas, blind as a bat. I’ve worn glasses since fourth grade (and probably needed them in third), and just can’t imagine what I
Prinny Gets Gas
In the first of my posts on lighting a couple of weeks ago, we saw how the world depended on candles and oil lamps…and as
Let There Be Light
It’s early evening as I write this and getting a little dim in my office…so just now I leaned forward and with a small movement
Ursula Chases Flying Squirrels #5
by Ursula K. Le Guin Mars Probe Launched “It’s not your father’s rover,” Mars program director Doug McCuistion told the Orlando Sentinel. (From Slate, 27
