"We were forcing acoustic guitars through a cassette player, and what came out the other end was electric as hell."
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Unplugged tech: tools for glaziers, plumbers, and painters
From London's district for poor writers, a maker of highly specialized tools comes calling.
Read More »Facing the crowded future of reading
Two very different sets of assumptions about what books are and what reading them in a networked age should be like.
Read More »Toy car traffic jam: Chris Burden’s Metropolis II
Thousands of cars shooting around in an endless loop: just because it looks like dystopia doesn't mean it's not delightful.
Read More »Attention-span theater
The history of the attention span is very distracting.
Read More »Wonderful Gallery of Science: Euclid’s Elements
Some of the earliest examples of scientific imagery have proven the most durable.
Read More »Destination: Mattress
Allan Grant's evocative photos document Destination Moon, the trendsetting 1950 film about space travel.
Read More »Atari, the letterpress of art-game design
Ian Bogost's retrofuturist art game A Slow Year explores the traditions and aesthetic possibilities of the medium.
Read More »This is your brain on The Force
It's never too early to have "the talk."
Read More »The tyranny of innovation
Larry Page tells us to ask ourselves if the work we do is changing the world. But is change always and everywhere for the better?
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