Archiving digital material and why Day One’s Killer Feature is the ability to print a book
We produce a lot of material, but none of it stacks up to paper in a hundred years.
Be bold, be daring. Be like Dudley “Mush” Morton
Toll describes him as “ruthless” and regarded it his job to “sink every Japanese ship that floated.” But he also walked around the sub wrestling with the enlisted men, wore a garish red robe, and had an informality that likely would have been intolerable anywhere but underwater.
Finding Lincoln and focusing on small towns impacted by tornadoes
I discovered dozens of old newspaper clippings, photos, and stories from areas that time has nearly forgotten. They’ll make for a better book.
A reminder America once had a political party literally named “The Know Nothings”
Presumably lacking foresight or a sense of irony, this country once had a popular party known as “The Know Nothings”.
Here’s what America’s digital economy would look like during WWIII
The US economy of today would see a radical re-alignment. Here’s what I think would happen at some point or another in the duration of a lengthy Third World War.