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1 year ago

[best][unkept promise][ever]

We were promised jetpacks and no one delivered, so, like a bunch of kids of divorced parents who were tired of disappointed weekends, WE are making sure our kids have fucking JETPACKS!

1 year ago
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[most inspiring][television ad][ever]

I am of two minds on this ad (what else is new?).  First and foremost, it is gorgeous.  Contemplative, lyrical, inspiring.  On the other hand, it is an advertisement for a pair of jeans that is appealing to patriotic roots of our pioneer culture, by a company that does not make jeans in this country.

The setting for the series is a downtrodden rust belt borough just down the river from Pittsburgh called Braddock.  It has lost 90% of its population in the last 50 years.  The ad makes it out to be a vision of a DIY utopia brought to you by Terrence Mallick.  A place where Brooklyn hipsters, tired of the New York grind, can come and find a home for $5,000 and free studio space to pull artisanal taffy.  This seems to be harder than many of the pioneers thought it would be.  According to a New York Times article from earlier this year, despite and because of the efforts of Mayor John Fetterman, a young, DIY carpetbagger, the utopian dream is not quite the reality.

I am still intrigued by the concept.  That there are still frontiers in America.  Not natural frontiers that need to be conquered, but man-made frontiers that need to be reclaimed.  Braddock seems to be an opportunity to live the post-apocalyptic life in Allegheny. 

We are planning a visit.

1 year ago

[oldest][gps][ever]

I have recently become nearly obsessed with the pinnacle of electro-mechanical technology.  The sophistication of pre-digital technology continues to amaze me.  This was the mechanical forbear to satellite navigation.  You preloaded a map of the route you were going to take and it scrolled along the route at a rate commensurate with your landspeed.  This is like the 1930’s equivalent of the self parking sedan.  No data connection, no triangulated position, no theory of relativity; a SCROLL.  Sign me up.

(Source: howtobearetronaut.com)