She was an amphetamine-addicted author of sub-Dan Brown potboilers, who in her spare time wrote lavish torrents of praise for serial killers and the Bernie Madoff-style embezzlers of her day.
The film, known for its rich saturation and archival durability of its slides, was discontinued last year to the dismay of photographers worldwide. But Kodak gave the last roll ever produced to McCurry. He has just processed that coveted roll at Dwayne’s Photo Service in Parsons, Kan. — the last remaining location that processes the once-popular slide film.
Steven Levy Revisits Tech Titans, Hackers, Idealists
As with countless others, no doubt, reading Steven Levy’s book, Hackers, set me on a determined path at the age of fifteen to a career in “computers.” I vividly remember reading the 450+ page tome with awe and reverence for the accomplishments of those whose story it chronicles.
I long ago lost my original copy, but this week I’ll buy the 2nd edition of Hackers and rediscover it all over again. Thanks, Steven.
Timeline: The Decade In Music
NPR Music highlights some of the most significant musical moments of the ’00s in culture, business and technology…
From Metallica suing Napster to the end of the empire that was the music industry, it’s all there.
Source: NPR
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Radiohead: Harry Patch (In memory of)
World War I veteran Harry Patch will be buried tomorrow. The former plumber, who fought at the battle of Passchendaele in 1917, gave a memorable interview to Today reporter Mike Thomson in 2005.
Thom Yorke, lead singer of the band Radiohead, was moved by the interview to write a tribute to the veteran, inspired by Harry Patch’s words.
Source: BBC
Can Do
A wonderfully illustrated chronicle of the genius of Ben Franklin by Maira Kalman, from her New York Times blog And the Pursuit of Happiness
Source: The New York Times
Boxes Of Boom
“Lyle Owerko is a New York-based photographer, but he’s also a historian. A boom box historian.”
Source: NPR
