At about 8:55, the host goes into a little detail about the parabolic tiled ceiling of the “whispering gallery” at Grand Central. Also, there’s some crazy info about how that tiled ceiling is supported by the angles of the tiles themselves.

Hi, all–wanted to share a short piece I wrote for the New Yorker last week, “Remembering Al Reinert and ‘For All Mankind,” the Precursor to ‘Apollo 11.'”

It’s a short media history of sorts, written for a general audience. Enjoy!

Here is the digital arts group that I shared with Colin: Adrien M & Claire B. https://www.am-cb.net/en

Students and professors targeted by racist, sexually explicit emails

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/02/students-and-professors-targeted-by-racist-sexually-explicit-emails

…apropos of our discussion this week, here’s an excerpt of Clive Thompson’s new book Coders, on the lost history of female programmers:

…a new book on media obsolescence:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Media-Technology-and-Obsolescence/Wolf/p/book/9781138216266

Bernd and Hilla Becher photographs of water towers and other ‘typologies’ of industrial architecture

more info here