Articles Tagged with old technology

Examining the data

How science is done (II)

How closely can you look at your input?

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A stone in the sidewalk (II)

millstone set in the sidewalkRepurposed art

We muse on something outside of our area of expertise.

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A stone in the sidewalk (I)

millstoneRound, grooved and underfoot

Why is this strange object in the Alexandria sidewalk?

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Working from a snapshot

Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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Fixing old things

Rolleiflex TLR camera

Repairable still

When do you stop paying for repairs?

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Users and collectors

The tribes sometimes cooperate

Why would you keep an example of old technology?  And how?

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Making a drawing (II)

When the details are important

Sometimes careful pencil-work is vital.

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Planned and unplanned

Careful forethought vs. serendipity

Equivocal insights from photography.

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Why keep old things?

Collectors and others

There are two types of people who retain old technology.

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Putting pen to paper (II)

The novelists’ instrument

We examine an incident in which new technology did not change literary genres.

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