Posted on: March 27th, 2008 Unique Bus of Future
Unique Bus of Future to Duplicate Speed of Railroads
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Posted on: March 25th, 2008 Lazy Mid-Day
from Dinosaurs and Robots
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Posted on: March 12th, 2008 Stratosphere Liner
found at Modern Mechanix
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Posted on: March 3rd, 2008 Danger! A True History of a Great City’s Wiles and Temptations
Danger! A True History of a Great City’s Wiles and Temptations
[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24717/24717.txt the text file]
via [http://www.boingboing.net boing boing]
Posted on: March 3rd, 2008 The Remarkable Pneumatic People-Mover
The Remarkable Pneumatic People-Mover via [http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/the-pneumatic-subway/ neatorama]
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Posted on: February 28th, 2008 High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas
High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas. Using brains to save sinking ships. See also [[Repo Man]]
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Posted on: February 19th, 2008 Take My Wife…Please!
The Golden Age of Wife Selling
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Posted on: January 3rd, 2008 Plot Without a Story
Mary Ann was an elderly woman living by herself in Los Angeles County. She wasn’t married, didn’t have children, wasn’t in touch with any of her family. When she became sick and went to the hospital, the only contact she had was Sue, the woman who delivered her prescriptions from the pharmacy. Then, Mary Ann died. There was a body to be buried, a house full of stuff to get rid of—but no family or friends to deal with it all. Luckily, there was Emily, an investigator for the Los Angeles Public Administrator’s Office. It’s her job to take care of the remains of lives like Mary Ann’s. Eric Klinenberg reports the story. He’s a sociologist, whose most recent book is, Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media.