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hyperallergic: (via Early High-Speed Photographs Offer Incredible Details of Motion) Back in the 1930s, an electrical engineer from Nebraska, working at MIT, developed the first “strobe” flash for photography, changing the way motion is documented. Dr. Harold Edgerton took thousands of high-speed photographs during his career, and some from his estate are on public display…
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todaysdocument: It’s #BatmanDay! todaysdocument: Happy 75th Birthday, Batman! On March 30, 1939, Detective Comics #27 hit newsstands, introducing evil-doers and comic book lovers everywhere to the Caped Crusader. Batman Comic Book,No. 1 Spring Issue, 1940 From the series: Series : Civil Case Files, compiled 1938 – 1983, Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 – 2009.…
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Utopian reveries spill forth almost daily from the oracles of progress, forecasting a transformation of Information Age labor into irrepressible acts of impassioned fun. But we know all too well the painful truth about today’s ordinary work routines: they have become more, not less, routinized, soul-killing, and laden with drudgery. The contrast between the glum…