The first article database I remember using was Dialog, sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. Today I found myself amused that we used to call such things “interactive.” That is, you poked the command line interface with questions and it usually beeped a syntax error, all while they charge $4 per minute, plus [...]

Posted November 15, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: dialog information service, history, interactive database, libraries, nostalgia, phrack. One Comment.

Alternet has a story by Monica Mehta titled The Myth of Marriage with this synopsis:
A radical new book debunks the concept of marriage as a time-honored institution, and argues that we need to loosen up about it.
The book is Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage, A History.
Related previous story: The “Sanctity” Of Marriage.

tags: alternet, marriage, monica mehta, myth, [...]

Posted July 26, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Books, Movies, Music. Tags: alternet, marriage, monica mehta, myth, nostalgia, sanctity of marriage, stephanie coontz. 4 Comments.