Category Archives: Yesteryear

USB Chargers Have as Much Processing Power as the Apollo 11 Guidance Computers

Posted on February 12, 2020 by cPaul

Andrew Liszewski | Gizmodo | February 11, 2020 It comes as no surprise that the guidance computers aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were impossibly primitive compared to the pocket computers we all carry around 50 years later. But on his website, … Continue reading →

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The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age

Posted on January 7, 2020 by cPaul

by  CORY DOCTOROW at Boing Boing / 6:15 AM TUE JAN 7, 2020 100 years ago, wealthy people bought up newspapers as fast as they could, then used them to smear progressive reformers, inventing lies (“Congressmen don’t pay taxes!”) to discredit the entire … Continue reading →

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The Institute of Official Cheer

Posted on December 29, 2019 by cPaul

It’s been forever since I last perused the pages, nay, plumbed the profundity of James Lileks website, The Institute of Official Cheer. Check it out: http://lileks.com/

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Canada’s Pirate Queen!!

Posted on January 12, 2016 by cPaul

Pirate Maria Lindsey Cobham sent waves of fear through sailors in 1700s Canada. Written by Paul Dalby in Canada’s History — Posted January 9, 2016 The sleek sailing ship emerged suddenly like an apparition from the shroud of dense fog hanging over … Continue reading →

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The Ghost Ship SS Baychimo

Posted on October 18, 2015 by cPaul

Interesting story in the Vintage News https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/10/16/it-sailed-the-seas-unmanned-for-38-years-one-of-the-strangest-ghost-ship-tales-on-record/?fbclid=IwAR2XdM396oSmhBz0YEQ1RFc8rVasemJuhpAgYfBdVpxKPI7hCCD2-EMVeo0

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8 Reasons Children of the 1970s Should All Be Dead

Posted on November 7, 2014 by cPaul

The way things are going, every kid is going to go to school wearing bubble wrap and a helmet.  Back in the 1970s (and earlier), parents didn’t stress about our health and safety as much as they do today… READ.FEEDLY.COM … Continue reading →

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How did our linguistic ancestors talk?

Posted on September 30, 2013 by cPaul

  Did the lost common language Proto-Indo-European sound like this? Listen to a linguist’s reconstructed fables about sheep, horses, and a king. Read this article by Tim Hornyak on CNET.   How did our linguistic ancestors talk? Listen in NEWS.CNET.COM

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R.I.P. Uncle Carol Taylor

Posted on April 9, 2013 by cPaul

R.I.P. Uncle Carol Taylor. You lived an interesting life, and inspired me to approach technical problems with curiosity and inventiveness. I will always remember the crystal radio set you patiently helped me build as a wee guy in the 60’s, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Joseph Campell

Posted on January 7, 2013 by cPaul

Remembering something from what seems to be from two lifetimes ago… As a young Psychology student in 1982 (and attending a C.G. Jung Society of Montreal – sponsored Joseph Campbell seminar), I exited the auditorium to get a drink, and … Continue reading →

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How to “gain flesh”

Posted on July 14, 2006 by cPaul

“A SKINNY man hasn’t a chance.” A chance to what? To make it with the delectably curvy woman shown here? On the contrary! She’s says “I’ll tell you how to gain pounds quick!” See, this woman digs skinny guys. She … Continue reading →

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Avocado Memories

Posted on June 26, 2006 by cPaul

A site that superbly documents growing up in the 60s and 70s. Posted Mon Jun 26th, 2006

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Lileks.com

Posted on June 22, 2006 by cPaul

Lileks.com Humiliating defenseless ephemera since 1966. Posted Thu Jun 22nd, 2006

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Killer reel of 1970s toy commercials

Posted on May 23, 2006 by cPaul

Someone has uploaded a 7 minute reel of amazing 1970s toy commercials — for Bing Bang Boing, SSP Pee Wees, SSP racers, Smash Up Derby, Screen-a-Show, Slip n’ Slide/Water Wiggle, Bug Out!, Screech, and Masterpiece. These are commercials from an … Continue reading →

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Pondering the Dentist’s Drill

Posted on April 10, 2006 by cPaul

As I sat in my Dentist’s chair this afternoon pondering/lamenting the probable impending distress of a root canal, I remembered reading this article in the NYT late last week: Man Was Enduring the Dentist’s Drill 9,000 Years Ago  By KYLE … Continue reading →

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