jonah
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Formalist, Lacanthrope, anti-architect. He/him. Ambient infrastructure / infrastructure ambiance at archive.org
North, in Providence. Opened in a formerly-loved space, kept it, served some of the most complex but straightforward food I've ever eaten. The "Almost Boneless Whole Fried Chicken" is one of the best presentations I've ever had in my life. I think about it all the time.
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 AM
North, in Providence. Opened in a formerly-loved space, kept it, served some of the most complex but straightforward food I've ever eaten. The "Almost Boneless Whole Fried Chicken" is one of the best presentations I've ever had in my life. I think about it all the time.
This device was invented by Wilson Call, who, according this 2016 article leading up to his 100th birthday (he passed away at 100 in January of the following year):
- was an architect who designed 3000+ structures
- mined uranium and skinned skunks for $2 a pelt
www.bakersfield.com/archives/arc...
- was an architect who designed 3000+ structures
- mined uranium and skinned skunks for $2 a pelt
www.bakersfield.com/archives/arc...
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This device was invented by Wilson Call, who, according this 2016 article leading up to his 100th birthday (he passed away at 100 in January of the following year):
- was an architect who designed 3000+ structures
- mined uranium and skinned skunks for $2 a pelt
www.bakersfield.com/archives/arc...
- was an architect who designed 3000+ structures
- mined uranium and skinned skunks for $2 a pelt
www.bakersfield.com/archives/arc...
MOST T.V. SETS ON TODAY’S MARKET ARE ALWAYS ON AND ARE ACTIVATED BY AN ELECTRONIC BEAM. SINCE THE T.V. IS ON BUT ASLEEP, THE COMPONENTS ARE WIDE AWAKE.
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
MOST T.V. SETS ON TODAY’S MARKET ARE ALWAYS ON AND ARE ACTIVATED BY AN ELECTRONIC BEAM. SINCE THE T.V. IS ON BUT ASLEEP, THE COMPONENTS ARE WIDE AWAKE.
I’m at the Hot Dish Competition
January 11, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I’m at the Hot Dish Competition
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Today's vintage find -- a Hugh J. Hayes printing block from 1948 (image flipped horizontally for your benefit):
December 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Today's vintage find -- a Hugh J. Hayes printing block from 1948 (image flipped horizontally for your benefit):
to celebrate his fifth birthday we experimented with Barry Lyndon-style illumination
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
to celebrate his fifth birthday we experimented with Barry Lyndon-style illumination
Reposted by jonah
WANTED TO STAY UP AND SEE SANTA! WANTED TO SEE AND I SAW! JOLLIER THAN YOU THINK, DAD! JOLLIER THAN YOU THINK!
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
WANTED TO STAY UP AND SEE SANTA! WANTED TO SEE AND I SAW! JOLLIER THAN YOU THINK, DAD! JOLLIER THAN YOU THINK!
My father has outdone himself in the realm of whaling-themed serveware
December 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My father has outdone himself in the realm of whaling-themed serveware
If you're looking for a nice fireplace video tonight, or really anytime, we have an excellent three-hour fire with lots of crackling on @archive.org -- streaming, or to download for later: archive.org/details/TheB...
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you're looking for a nice fireplace video tonight, or really anytime, we have an excellent three-hour fire with lots of crackling on @archive.org -- streaming, or to download for later: archive.org/details/TheB...
the machine translation of the tracklist of the CD of the songs from the play based on the kid's book series about "the world's oldest motorized regular public transport system in continuous service" (Kristiansund's Sundbåten, which I do recommend you ride if you are ever in Kristiansund)
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
the machine translation of the tracklist of the CD of the songs from the play based on the kid's book series about "the world's oldest motorized regular public transport system in continuous service" (Kristiansund's Sundbåten, which I do recommend you ride if you are ever in Kristiansund)
when you're doing Networking™
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
when you're doing Networking™
The kid has developed a serious interest in carnivorous plants so I picked up a few easy ones. Now, to lure bugs into my home, I guess?
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The kid has developed a serious interest in carnivorous plants so I picked up a few easy ones. Now, to lure bugs into my home, I guess?
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, and a grateful nod to the noble porpoises that saved him after he fell asleep on a surfboard and drifted out to sea fifteen years ago, without whom he might not be with us today www.theguardian.com/film/2010/no...
Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke
Mary Poppins star feared death after apparently falling asleep on his surfboard but friendly sea creatures pushed him to shore
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke, and a grateful nod to the noble porpoises that saved him after he fell asleep on a surfboard and drifted out to sea fifteen years ago, without whom he might not be with us today www.theguardian.com/film/2010/no...
New on Flickr Commons -- magic lantern slides from meteorologist and theosophist Clement Lindley Wragge, who invented naming tropical storms web.archive.org/web/20171118...
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New on Flickr Commons -- magic lantern slides from meteorologist and theosophist Clement Lindley Wragge, who invented naming tropical storms web.archive.org/web/20171118...
in the ~hour of sleep I got (ref bsky.app/profile/arch...) I had an incredibly vivid dream in which the plot was that we had to stop some group who were instantiating an ancient evil by "killing ghosts" in order to produce a computational resource that they were using to mine bitcoin? Much to ponder
We are experiencing service disruptions and are working to resolve the issue. Sorry for delays!
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
in the ~hour of sleep I got (ref bsky.app/profile/arch...) I had an incredibly vivid dream in which the plot was that we had to stop some group who were instantiating an ancient evil by "killing ghosts" in order to produce a computational resource that they were using to mine bitcoin? Much to ponder
A THANKSGIVING TALE
According to the earliest record I can find, about fourteen-and-a-half years ago, I wondered:
Does anyone know if I can buy a gravy boat that has a little sculpture of a boat in the center, so when it's full of gravy the little boat appears to be sailing on a sea of gravy?
According to the earliest record I can find, about fourteen-and-a-half years ago, I wondered:
Does anyone know if I can buy a gravy boat that has a little sculpture of a boat in the center, so when it's full of gravy the little boat appears to be sailing on a sea of gravy?
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A THANKSGIVING TALE
According to the earliest record I can find, about fourteen-and-a-half years ago, I wondered:
Does anyone know if I can buy a gravy boat that has a little sculpture of a boat in the center, so when it's full of gravy the little boat appears to be sailing on a sea of gravy?
According to the earliest record I can find, about fourteen-and-a-half years ago, I wondered:
Does anyone know if I can buy a gravy boat that has a little sculpture of a boat in the center, so when it's full of gravy the little boat appears to be sailing on a sea of gravy?
the traditional depiction of the pilgrim hats is a nineteenth-century fictionalization of seventeenth-century pilgrims and puritans and such a depiction is properly called a “spurious buckled capotain”
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
the traditional depiction of the pilgrim hats is a nineteenth-century fictionalization of seventeenth-century pilgrims and puritans and such a depiction is properly called a “spurious buckled capotain”
Two weekends left! It's so cool!
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two weekends left! It's so cool!
TODAY
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
TODAY
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Abridged notes from the hdparm man page
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Abridged notes from the hdparm man page
as another update we now know the exact leather used in the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
as another update we now know the exact leather used in the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
I'm on CNN (with a light bulb in front of my face)!
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm on CNN (with a light bulb in front of my face)!
I've revived my old @treestoknow.bsky.social account, semi-regularly posting text and the amazing illustrations of Hugh J. Hayes ( keeporegongreen.org/archive/ ) from an old edition of "Trees To Know In Oregon", if you're into that sort of thing.
Western Larch
"No other western conifer is such a pale green; you can pick out larch as far away as colors can be told."
"No other western conifer is such a pale green; you can pick out larch as far away as colors can be told."
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I've revived my old @treestoknow.bsky.social account, semi-regularly posting text and the amazing illustrations of Hugh J. Hayes ( keeporegongreen.org/archive/ ) from an old edition of "Trees To Know In Oregon", if you're into that sort of thing.
This was fun. This is one of my old boxes (“vortex” — everything from that era is named after swirling things) and I’m very grateful that I remembered the root password.
And perhaps it is only a bright light to some, but today at archive HQ a handful of us came together and rescued from an old dodgy drive a one of a kind compilation of a lifetime of research done by a writer so that his successor can complete the work.
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was fun. This is one of my old boxes (“vortex” — everything from that era is named after swirling things) and I’m very grateful that I remembered the root password.