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Tag Archives: 1990s
Gaming on the ZX Speccy, oceans, and harrumphing at the White House
I think I’ve managed to avoid doing any ‘short rounds’ posts this year, but three months in the streak ends. It’s not my fault, I swear. It’s the books. First up is The Nostalgia Nerd’s Retro Tech, a mostly-graphic look … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, science
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, American South, arts-entertainment, geology, history, oceanography, Politics-CivicInterest, science
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The Other Side of the Bridge
The Other Side of the Bridge© 2022 Timothy E. Paul124 pages This is one of the stranger books I imagine I’ll read this year. Its title, setting, and opening disclaimer make the reader suspect that it’s a story set in … Continue reading
The Human Experiment
The Human Experiment: Two Years and 20 Minutes Inside Biosphere 2© 2006 Jane Poynter384 pages From this patch of desert in sunny Oracle, Arizona, eight Americans are beginning the trip of a lifetime. Divided into two tribes and locked into … Continue reading
Stalling for Time
Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator242 pages© 2010 Gary Noesner Having read extensively about the Ruby Ridge and Waco debacles, I couldn’t help but be curious about the “other side’s” perspective: the state’s. How did the … Continue reading
Harvard and the Unabomber
Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist Original title: A Mind for Murder © 2003 Alston Chase 352 pages Ted Kaczynski was hunted fruitlessly by the FBI for eighteen years, until finally being done in by his … Continue reading
Waco: A Survivor’s Story
A Place Called Waco: A Survivor’s Story © 1999 David Thibodeau 381 pages On April 19th, 1993, the arrogance of power was made obvious when scores of people were killed in a outstandingly incompetent, if not deliberately malicious, attempt to … Continue reading
American Terrorist
American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing © 2001, 2015 Lou Michel & Dan Herberck 426 pages During a recreation period one day, a prisoner in an adjoining cage poured his heart out to McVeigh, telling him … Continue reading
Ruby Ridge
Every Knee Shall Bow / Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family © 1995, 2002 Jess Walter 416 pages “[….] people ought not to be murdered by their own government.” The inherent brutality of the police … Continue reading
How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry
Gates: How Microsoft’s Mogul Reinvented an Industry-and Made Himself the Richest Man in America © 1994 Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews 560 pages I recently watched Pirates of Silicon Valley, a questionably-acted movie based on the rise of Bill … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1990s, biography, business, digital world, history, technology, Technology and Society
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Columbine
Columbine© 2009 Dave Cullen417 pages Columbine. I remember it, of course. I was in eighth grade when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold turned their high school into a bloody spectacle. That day on April 20th, 1999, is always referred to … Continue reading