Category Archives: Lore

Mini Museum: Slide Rule

Slide rules — analog mechanical calculators — helped build the modern world, three sig figs or so at a time. Continue reading

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Reverse Shoplifting

Engineers love gadgets. Sometimes, we even anthropomorphize them a bit and get attached to pieces of vintage gear that we don’t really use anymore. The lure of the New And Shiny is strong, yes, but there’s something about the glow … Continue reading

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