Dept. of Idle Retrospect
Easing back into the blog with non-value-added link lending: this 1982 article that lovingly details the new process of computer word processing is a treat. Green-on-green monitors, so easy on the eyes. Word to the wise: don't be cheap--you'll thank yourself later if you spring for the 8" floppy disk drive.
Today at work I was proofreading a newly typed proof of an article that had been published in the New Yorker back in 1966, so I was reading it against a photocopy of the original. And I've been completely distracted by the old New Yorker advertisements, most of which have a ton of detailed copy, for high-end knit shifts and Hawaiian vacations and such. I find these really mesmerizing for some reason. My favorite is an ad whose headline reads "There is a certain kind of woman who listens to Brahms while shelling peas." This kind of woman apparently shops for her knit shifts at a particular store in midtown Manhattan that, fittingly, no longer exists.
So, yeah, beginning to end the Cold War Era seems to have been quaint and vaguely amusing. Who knew, right?
Today at work I was proofreading a newly typed proof of an article that had been published in the New Yorker back in 1966, so I was reading it against a photocopy of the original. And I've been completely distracted by the old New Yorker advertisements, most of which have a ton of detailed copy, for high-end knit shifts and Hawaiian vacations and such. I find these really mesmerizing for some reason. My favorite is an ad whose headline reads "There is a certain kind of woman who listens to Brahms while shelling peas." This kind of woman apparently shops for her knit shifts at a particular store in midtown Manhattan that, fittingly, no longer exists.
So, yeah, beginning to end the Cold War Era seems to have been quaint and vaguely amusing. Who knew, right?
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