So we decided to take advantage of the long July 4th weekend and take a road trip to Mystic, Ct. On the way there, we stopped at the Yale University Art Museum in New Haven. Highly recommended. Very family-friendly.

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Detroit: An American Autopsy

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Mike

Even though I am genuinely interested in understanding what happened in Detroit and why, there a certain level of guilt involved in reading a book like Charlie LeDuff’s Detroit: An American Autopsy. Don’t get me wrong — it’s a great … Continue reading →

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Racing the Beam

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Mike

I’d never heard of “platform studies” before, but in “Racing the Beam” (2009) Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost do a good job of telling the history of the Atari 2600 gaming console from the perspective of its game developers. The … Continue reading →

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The Age of Edison

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Mike

In “The Age of Edison,” author Ernest Freeberg reminds us of what we take for granted every time we flip a light switch or plug in a smartphone. The energy ecosystem that we enjoy today — power plants, transmission lines … Continue reading →

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