Articles Tagged with old technology

It used to be hard

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Now it’s easy

Are some things too easy to do nowadays?

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Mixing subjects

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Crossing boundaries

We put forward an idea for a college class that will probably never happen.

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Language technology

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Materials for learning

We notice that some things have gotten much easier with advances in technology.

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Inscribed by hand (II)

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The technology of writing

Sometimes everything changed, sometimes it didn’t.

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Examining the data

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How science is done (II)

How closely can you look at your input?

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A stone in the sidewalk (II)

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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)

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millstoneRound, grooved and underfoot

Why is this strange object in the Alexandria sidewalk?

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Working from a snapshot

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Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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Fixing old things

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Rolleiflex TLR camera

Repairable still

When do you stop paying for repairs?

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Users and collectors

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The tribes sometimes cooperate

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

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