Articles Tagged with old technology

Domesticated plants

The earliest servant

The first plant pressed into human service is probably not the one you’re thinking of.

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A legacy

Lessons learned

We ponder what we want to leave behind.

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The student’s load

Getting bigger

Why are students carrying around more stuff than they used to?

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Getting quieter

A small triumph

We note an important advance in technology that has happened without fanfare.

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The photographer’s intention

Photographs and images

Technology can make images much more expressive and creative than even a decade or two ago.  Mostly, it hasn’t.

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What it looks like

The craters of the Moon

It looks like something familiar. . .

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Tinkering

Radio sets and Perl

Playing around can be unexpectedly useful.

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Notice to Mariners

Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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Unfulfilled potential

Not there yet

Have digital photographers yet made full use of the medium?

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Push or pull?

Information flow

How do you know what you need to know?

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