http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Everyday nostalgia en Vox Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:02:31 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/hold-on-this-sounds-familiar.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/hold-on-this-sounds-familiar.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/hold-on-this-sounds-familiar.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:02:31 -0700 I'm reading this article by Nell Scovell. One frequent excuse you hear from late-night-TV executives is that “women just don’t apply for these jobs.” And they certainly don’t in the same numbers as men. But that’s partly because the shows often r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/hold-on-this-sounds-familiar.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc001240b71038b860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work television women gender technology http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/be-green.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/be-green.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/be-green.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:04:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc00123ddb9c42b860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc00123ddb9c42b860c-50si" alt="&quot;Green&quot; gumball machine stickers" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Spent the weekend in Southern California. I'll be happy to not be in a car for a while; what a tedious lifestyle that must be, driving everywhere. I wondered how the fad for "green" plays down there, then had my question answered, unexpectedly,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/be-green.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00123dda4d5ee860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> green cars southern california greenwash http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/tow-truckers-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/tow-truckers-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/tow-truckers-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:16:05 -0700 A late night this last one--went to see a double feature at PFA. It was crowded in Berkeley; first home football game of the season. A teeming crowd of fans walking up the hill to the stadium, and every parking lot charging $30. We somehow, mag... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/tow-truckers-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011016cf81fe860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cinema berkeley football crushes http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/uh-why-do-you-need-to-know-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/uh-why-do-you-need-to-know-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/uh-why-do-you-need-to-know-this.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:10:54 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011016b7b96f860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011016b7b96f860d-50si" alt="Really, really bad form" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So I'm trying to obtain a permit to hike on the watershed lands of the local water department. I understand they want to limit access to these ridgetops, ponds, creeks, and hillsides--but why on Earth do they need to know my eye color, height, a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/uh-why-do-you-need-to-know-this.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00110167cf415860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> forms usability fail ebmud when bureaucrats make websites http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-world-of-silent-films.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-world-of-silent-films.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-world-of-silent-films.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:54:49 -0700 Now concluded with this year's silent film festival; now must bring myself to the slick, nonsensual aspects of the twenty-first century. So much in the backgrounds of silent films are worth looking at--what did that world sound like? Smell like?... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-world-of-silent-films.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00123dda7234f860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> silent movies plastic 20th century american cinema american society http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-sf-silent-film-festival.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-sf-silent-film-festival.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-sf-silent-film-festival.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:44:11 -0700 Silent film festival today. This will be a test of stamina. The weather is foggy now but will be brilliant later, just when we get out of Bardelys the Magnificent. And there will be the usual game with the Castro Theatre--whether the balcony is... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/the-sf-silent-film-festival.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00123dda7f866860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> san francisco silent movies film festivals castro theatre http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/running-in-circles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/running-in-circles.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/running-in-circles.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:05:06 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011017f96429860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011017f96429860e-50si" alt="Winning the 60-yard dash, 1978" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So today was my first visit to the track workout. I was charmed, though keeping to the set pace for miles of rubberized laps was challenging. I expect my arms will be floppy and sore tomorrow There was something so ingratiating about running on... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/running-in-circles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00110163915ab860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> running nostalgia tracks http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/yawn-so-what.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/yawn-so-what.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/yawn-so-what.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:14:55 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc001101617b5ac860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc001101617b5ac860b-50si" alt="Our television, pre-transition" /></a> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc001101617b25d860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc001101617b25d860b-50si" alt="Our television, post-transition" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So today's when analog broadcasting ends in the United States. We've heard this before; the event has been postponed, like, what, three times? Wasn't this dread occasion supposed to happen a year ago or something? Anyway, what happens is that ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/yawn-so-what.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc00110165c904c860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> television stupid things analog to digital http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/leaving-oakland.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/leaving-oakland.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/leaving-oakland.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 31 May 2009 13:55:48 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc00110168ecdd2860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc00110168ecdd2860d-50si" alt="Leaving Oakland" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been thinking of this more and more. There are many things I enjoy about living here, but the weather isn't among them--today I couldn't stand the fog for yet another unchanging expanse of twenty-four gray hours. So I jumped on BART to go eas... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/leaving-oakland.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011017cf6ddc860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile weather oakland http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/this-isnt-the-help-desk.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(mejarc) http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/this-isnt-the-help-desk.html?_c=feed-rss http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/this-isnt-the-help-desk.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:58:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011015f24b61860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011015f24b61860b-50si" alt="This isn&#39;t the help desk" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Three signs for Soda Hall, UCB. I sense a design flaw. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://long-term-memory.vox.com/library/post/this-isnt-the-help-desk.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0717691bc0011018119868860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mobile