Fun article - thanks. It's funny, archivists always get their shorts tied
in a knot when articles like this use the ever-present adjective "dusty" (as
in "dusty archives") so I had to smile when I saw "dusty engineering
textbooks" in this article! I guess anything more than 50 years old has to
be dusty.
-Rob DeLand
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Punto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is not directly recorded sound related, but I know that we have spent
> plenty of time in the area of paleolithic technology in the past. I
> apologize for not snipurl-ing it, but you should be able to copy/paste it
> without too much effort if clicking doesn't go smoothly (or just go to
> WNYC.ORG <http://wnyc.org/> and you can find it pretty easily there).
>
> http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/**wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/13/**
> niche-market-electronics-pre-**1965/<http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/13/niche-market-electronics-pre-1965/>
>
> It is the typical item that is stronger in the gee-whiz, ain't that
> cool/funny/weird than on information, but worth a look//listen.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Peter Hirsch
>
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