Posts Tagged ‘history’

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  1. 06 Jan, 2024

    The World’s Writing Systems

    This web site presents one reference glyph and basic information for each of the world’s writing systems. Source: The World’s Writing Systems

  2. 06 Feb, 2022

    How cheese, snails, Christianity, underwear, and eyeglasses all contributed to the rise of the modern book.

    Here’s a fun Twitter thread about how cheese, snails, Christianity, underwear, and eyeglasses all contributed to the rise of the modern book.

  3. 08 Jul, 2018

    Disposable America

    Here’s a fascinating read about the history of the drinking straw. It’s very much a story of American consumerism.

  4. 05 Sep, 2017

    Documenting The Pittsburgh Potty: An Architectural Mystery In Our Basements

    I have a toilet in my basement. Not a bathroom, just a toilet sitting in my corner. Lots of other Pittsburghers have Pittsburgh potties as well. In the steel industry’s heyday, workers would come home filthy from the mills, wash […]

  5. 25 Aug, 2017

    History of Music Books

    I just finished a few incredible books that cover the history of music from a few different perspectives. Theft: A History of Music The first is Theft: A History of Music (Amazon link) by Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle, which covers 2000 […]

  6. 30 May, 2015

    Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood: Then and Now

    Love these images of my neighborhood in Pittsburgh that demonstrate how much (and in some cases how little) it’s changed over the years. via Jason Head