TTwo weeks ago, I failed in my duty to my readers: I forgot to remind you all of the coming of an Ember Week. I am sorry. But you may remember them in the future this way:Fasting days and Emberings be Lent, Whitsun, Holyrood, and Lucie.Obituaries of the odd:Take the...
The ecological horizon of being human.
TThis amazes me:The customers that are the easiest to provide for are the hobbyists – people who want to buy ten, 20, or maybe 50 floppy disks. However, my biggest customers — and the place where most of the money comes from — are the industrial users. These are...
Adventures in learning a dead language.
A medical practitioner reflects on the collective wisdom born from years of face-to-face encounters.
David Frum’s long report on the past, present, and future of the Benin Bronzes is fascinating, though I have some serious doubts about his arguments. All of this reminds me of a visit I made 31 years ago to the Sacred Grove of Ọṣun. The Feminine Power exhibition at...
Does the world we build welcome mothers, or does it treat them as a problem to be solved?
Is the celebration of ancient goddesses female empowerment or rank patriarchy?
A storyboard by Wiard B. Ihnen for Fritz Lang’s Man Hunt (1941). Also: storyboards from Hitchcock’s The Birds. I love storyboards, and wish they were easier to find. Here are some from John Huston’s Moby Dick:Huston was a fine artist and may have done these himself –...
Worker power and the roots of civic friendship.
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