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I'm Andrew. I write about the past and future of tech, music, media, culture, art, and activism. This is my blog.



3D Hub

I recently had cause to get some 3D printing done. After getting a quote from Shapeways (DAMN!) I turned to 3D hubs, and found local folks who have gone above and beyond in the service of my project.

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100+ Year Old Electric Cars (or execution is everything)

The first electric car was developed in 1830. The first internal combustion car came in the late 1880s, nearly 60 years later. In 1905, there were more than 450,000 cars in the US. The majority of these cars were Electric or Steam powered, with a small number of Gasoline powered cars. Electric cars were prized for their reliability, comfort, and efficiency. The electric car was, essentially, the best vehicle on the market for most uses up through 1920.

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"You can't do it all" - Or can you?

My whole life, I’ve been called scatterbrained. I’m constantly accused of leaving too many things unfinished, of doing too many things in half measures. I’ve been told my whole life that I need to focus on one thing, specialize, and work faster. I have thoughts on this. Mostly, these thoughts are some variation on: “That’s dumb” and “Why the hell would I change for you?”

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Douglas Adams' Lost Doctor Who Episode (and resulting Fan Fiction)

For the 1979-80 season, Douglas Adams was the script editor for Doctor Who. In this role, he wrote: The Pirate Planet, re-wrote City of Death and contributed bits to most other episodes. He was generally in charge of making sure things went smoothly. Predictably, things did not go smoothly at all, and his last episode was never finished.

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