February 10th, 2012
Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
February 8th, 2012
Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried To Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch
by Howard Berkes
NPR
Roger Boisjoly was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol in Utah in January, 1986, when he and four colleagues became embroiled in the fatal decision to launch the Space Shuttle Challenger.
February 2nd, 2012
Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy
By Robert Capps
Wired January 2012
Not many people think of shantytowns, illegal street vendors, and unlicensed roadside hawkers as major economic players. But according to journalist Robert Neuwirth, that’s exactly what they’ve become.
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December 5th, 2011
Dec. 5, 1951: ‘Your Car Is on the 12th Floor, Lady’
wired.com
1951: The first Park-O-Mat parking garage opens in Washington, D.C.
Operated by Parking Services Inc., this unique garage had no ramps, aisles or lanes. Instead, two 16-story elevators were deployed to store up to 72 automobiles. It was simplicity itself, requiring a single attendant and taking up very little space (a 25-by-40-foot lot did the trick).
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December 5th, 2011
Hubert Sumlin, guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf, dies at 80
Hubert Sumlin put the bite behind Howlin’ Wolf.
And he then influenced a new pack of electric blues and rock guitarists.
Mr. Sumlin died Sunday in a hospital in Wayne, N.J., reportedly of heart failure. He had turned 80 on Nov. 16. Mr. Sumlin was best known as lead guitarist for Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Burnett) from 1953 until Wolf’s death in 1976.
December 1st, 2011
Interveiw — Harlan Ellison
by John Krewson September 16, 1998
“Goddammit! The world is just filling up with more and more idiots! And the computer is giving them access to the world! They’re spreading their stupidity! At least they were contained before—now they’re on the loose everywhere!”
