Category: culture
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Dr. Angela Collier’s “The Sham Legacy of Richard Feynman”
It can be disappointing to find out that many of the people we respect or appreciate turn out to be less than we had hoped. While I was pretty disappointed at first to find that we could add Feynman to this list, the benefit to finding out is that we can use it as an…
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Godzilla Minus One Announced for December 1, Hopefully Home Video 3-6 Months Later
The best beast, Godzilla, is returning so soon. As COVID-19 numbers are on the rise and precautions continue to be generally forgotten, I’ll be looking forward to the home release of Godzilla Minus One.
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The Secret Life of Components: Linkages & Mechanisms
The tenth episode of Tim Hunkin’s The Secret Life of Components is up. Linkages & Mechanisms does what it says on the tin as Tim Hunkin shares his knowledge and experience with us about the parts that amplify forces and make his machines move. This is honestly my favorite video so far, we get to…
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The Secret Life of Components: Sensors
Tim Hunkin helped us peek into The Secret Life of Machines on TV three decades ago with his colleague Rex Garrod. In the meantime Hunkin had also made custom, extremely silly, arcade machines and other inventions. Last year Hunkin was inspired by other creators and returned to video with a new series of eight episodes called…
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Remembering the ‘Aqua Teen’ bomb scare that shut down Boston
The original version of this website had the Mooninites borrowed prominently in the logo, so I have to link to Ilana Gordon writing for Input about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare that took over Boston 15 years ago: The devices that temporarily paralyzed Boston were black panels measuring around 14 inches tall by 11 inches…