Mon, 9 March 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009. Twenty years ago today, Ashley Michelle Bond-Peters was born. I never knew Ashley -- I learned about her from a website created by her mother as a memorial. I talk about Ashley and about the way the Internet has changed the ways we relate to one another, in communities and memorials online.
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Sat, 7 March 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009. The issue of Time magazine dated twenty years ago today featured an article about the exapansion of Pay Per View television. I talk about that article and about PPV-TV, then and today. Remarkably, it's one technology that really hasn't changed much in twenty years.
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Mon, 2 March 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009. Twenty years ago today, the provisions of the Berne Convention came into effect in the United States. I talk about the Berne Convention, copyright law (from the point of view of an interested layperson, not a lawyer) and share a story about how Joe and I got caught up in the complexities of copyright, about a decade ago.
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Fri, 27 February 2009
For Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (Apologies for the delay in posting!) Twenty years ago today, the state funeral for Emperor Showa was held. I talk about the man who was known as Hirohito during his lifetime, and about the nation he had led for over sixty years. Japan was a dominant force in the world during the 1980s, for more reasons than one.
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Mon, 23 February 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009. Twenty years ago today, Senator Mark Warner read George Washington's Farewell Address on the floor of the Senate, in keeping with a Senate tradition going back to the 19th century. I talk about the traditions of the Senate, both present and past, and my own fascination with those traditions.
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Fri, 20 February 2009
The picture at the right is of the last total lunar eclipse that was visible in North America, which took place just over a year ago. I found it on Maryland Weather, a fascinating blog about all sorts of weather and sky phenomena, written by Baltimore Sun reporter Frank Royce.
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Mon, 16 February 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009. Twenty years ago today, the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan. It was the end of the occupation, but not of the war. I look at the fighting in Afghanistan, and consider the effects of the Cold War on a country which has been in conflict and turmoil for three decades or more.
The historical analysis offered here is strictly my own opinion, based on the sort of material any average American of my age would have access to: newspapers, TV documentaries, and perhaps a few books. I make no claim to expertise in this (or any other subject I talk about in this podcast), and I have no ideological ax to grind. Take it for whatever it's worth to you.
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Wed, 11 February 2009
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Tue, 10 February 2009
The official Osamu Tezuka website can be found here. At the time of posting, the English language portion of the site is listed as still under construction -- for an excellent English language companion, check out Tezuka In English.
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Mon, 2 February 2009
It is frequently possible to see "The Cat Came Back" via YouTube; I suggest going to the site and searching the title.
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