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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Making babies

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The other first draft of history.

interviews prolific Wikipedia contributor, Johnny Belknap.

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Editing Wikipedia

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On the “no secrets, just work” approach of the innovative ceramic artist.

on the luminous, gloopy legacy of the ahead-of-his-time Doyle Lane.

A Doyle Lane Clay Painting from 1994; Courtesy of Museum Associates/Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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The glittering precision of ceramicist Doyle Lane

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The world says its name to us.

on Deadwood’s “Calamity” Jane and the false burden of helping ourselves before we can help others.

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Rewatching Deadwood

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Looking back through Bliss-colored glasses.

on the lost joys of the desktop internet.

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Desktop was the place

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Against Art Monster

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An archivist's perspective.

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The humble DYMO.

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Yes labels

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A trope grows up.

on the behind-the-scenes disputes driving the destiny of Scream's original final girl. 

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Final girl

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