Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
April 29, 2008

Percival Lowell & David Strauss

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

Go read The Man Who Invented Mars.
I blog about this for two simple reasons: First, out of respect for Professor David Strauss. I took a class (American History II) from him at Kalamazoo College back in (IIRC) Spring Quarter 1989. He wasn’t my advisor as a History major (my guy was Dr. David Barclay), [...]


March 21, 2008

Technology, Education, Society, & Change

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : technology

Go read this article. Really. Click the link & go read it.
I’ve read Cringely for a long time, before and after he left Infoworld, where he assumed the mantle of their industry gossip column, and took it to great heights. His book Accidental Empires is a wonderful read about the growth & emergence of the [...]


March 13, 2008

March 13 - Today in History: Bigsis!

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Happy Birthday, sweetie!
You are the best big sister that a bratty/beautiful/bodacious baby brother could ever have. I don’t deserve you, but I’m glad I have you. Thank you for setting such a great example, for setting the bar high, for always being there, for loving me, and for being such a great friend.
You, in a [...]


March 10, 2008

History vs. Nostalgia

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : general

In the interest of having a non-AI posting, here are some not-quite-random musings based on something that occurred to me recently…
In the course of cleaning my office area in a sub-basement of the palatial Schloß T.B., I realized that I’ve got a whole bunch of stuff. One might even say, you know, crap. And it [...]