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Month: June 2003

Beneath L.A.

Beneath L.A. is collecting stories of little known factoids of Los Angeles history from floating casinos and dead amusement parks to war paranoia.

Author Chris BarrusPosted on 8 June 20031 July 2023Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Beneath L.A.

The Invisible Adjunct

The Invisible Adjunct is required blog reading for every academic and student. Your view through the academic looking-glass…

Author Chris BarrusPosted on 8 June 20031 July 2023Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on The Invisible Adjunct

The price of space

Forwarding from Boing Boing…

This morning on The Current, a CBC radio show, Bob MacDonald (the CBC’s science commentator and host of the brilliant show Quirks and Quarks), was asked to justify the expense of the space program. Among other things, he said:

“It costs NASA less to send a probe to Mars than it would cost Hollywood to make a movie about it”

Author Chris BarrusPosted on 6 June 20031 July 2023Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on The price of space

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