Category Archives: Technosophy

Shamelessly Plugging A Book

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012 by MegaZone

Long-time readers of this blog may remember Benjamin Hutchins, aka Gryphon, who, aside from being my best friend for over two decades, was a contributor to the blog for a while before the hiatus. He had his Technosophy column, Toy … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: It’s the Little Things

Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2008 by Gryphon

It’s easy, sometimes, to forget that gizmos don’t have to be elaborate, expensive things with embedded application software and 45 different world-shinking, life-simplifying, William Gibson-thought-of-this-in-1985 functions. Not that there’s anything wrong with those; I love a good gee-whiz electronic gadget … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: On the Usefulness of Moonroofs

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Gryphon

Over the years, I’ve owned a couple of different cars with mechanisms for opening up the top and catching a little fresh air, and I have to say it’s one of my favorite things you can get a car to … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: The Road Not Taken

Posted on Sunday, June 1, 2008 by Gryphon

The discussion resulting from the last Technosophy item got me to thinking about a couple of things. One of them was the whole gas/electric hybrid car concept. I really do think this is a technological dead end, the kind of … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: Resistance is Voltage over Current

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Gryphon

I was born just a few months before the first major petroleum crisis to hit the United States, in those last few days before the American car-buying public got its first hint that maybe – just maybe – the gravy … Continue reading →

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