Practical Archivist
- Website: practicalarchivist.blogspot.com
- bio:Archivist and all-around history geek with a serious weakness for beautiful anachronisms.
- website:PracticalArchivist.com
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Commented on Props of Mad Men
Now I want to run away and source historically accurate props for Tinsel Town. Any job openings?...
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Commented on An oral history of Over the Edge, "The greatest teen rebellion movie of all time"
I own this soundtrack on vinyl. Bought it when I was in high school and it survived several Great Vinyl Purges. It's a wonderful collection of music: Come On (Part 1) by Hendrix plus Little Feat, The Ramones and *tons*...
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Commented on Will a clean fridge get you laid?
The fact that Chef Corey not only knows what mole is but will likely cook it for you? Dead sexy. The detailed system for cataloging every item in the fridge? Meh....
- Favorited The rise of the Flapper on Boing Boing
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Commented on List of books read by backpackers
My favorite thing to read when I travel is fiction set in the area where I'm traveling. When I was staying in a hostel in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1994 I picked up a copy of Children of the Arbat...
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Commented on The Amazing Unseen Hitler Films
I was gonna point you to HomeMovieDay.com, but canetoad (#37) and Albert (#105) beat me to it. As for you, Mr. Brown (#110) it is quite clear you are neither a librarian nor a historian. The power and value of...
- Favorited Music videos of records on turntables on Boing Boing
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Commented on Music videos of records on turntables
I had no idea people did this. Virtual vinyl FTW!...
- Favorited Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense on Boing Boing
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Commented on Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense
burned all my notebooks...what good are notebooks?...
- Favorited Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies on Boing Boing
- Favorited Whatever Happened to the Self-Portrait of Hananuma Masakichi? on Boing Boing
- Favorited Bad News From the Past: blog devoted to century-old bad newspaper stories on Boing Boing
- Favorited ME BIGFOOT. ME ON TWITTER. on Boing Boing
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Commented on ME BIGFOOT. ME ON TWITTER.
I recommend the bigfoot books to *everybody*! I nearly hurt myself when I read the first one because I was laughing so hard. The entire conceit is hilarious and the execution (text + drawings) knock it right out of the...
- Favorited Flamed Cars on Boing Boing
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Commented on Flamed Cars
I'm a big fan of ghost flames: http://tinyurl.com/ksgkze ...and a new convert to the AWESOMENESS of true fire. Thanks, #16 Kurtmac!...
- Favorited Notebooks made from punchcards on Boing Boing
- Favorited Blinds made from Card Catalog cards on Boing Boing
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Commented on Blinds made from Card Catalog cards
I inherited boxes of old catalog cards at my day job. I've been using them for notes, but now I'm dreaming of a roll-up shade for my door-less doorway. That would be so lovely. P.S. Sorry, Mr. Katz. Nothing personal,...
- Favorited John Muir's clockwork desk on Boing Boing
- Favorited Fool All of the People, All of the Time on Boing Boing
- Favorited Pedal powered electricity generator on Boing Boing
- Favorited Miraculous portable computers, ca 1982 on Boing Boing
- Favorited Waveforms as bracelets on Boing Boing
- Favorited Magnetic duct-tape on Boing Boing
- Favorited Weird and wonderful video mashup: "Sweatin' like a farm animal, cool as a daisy" on Boing Boing
- Favorited Trough of No Value: the period when objects aren't new and aren't collectible on Boing Boing
- Favorited Trough of No Value: the period when objects aren't new and aren't collectible on Boing Boing
- Favorited Attack of the 50-Foot Baby blocks turn your toddler into a vengeful goddess on Boing Boing
