When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics' magazine. Soldering up some radio or hi-fi amplifier on the basement workbench was not just a personal passion - a lot of young people were doing the same. The magazine expired in 1999 for lack of interest.

U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with minimal effect on civilians. Technical documents give a different picture.

Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.