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The Lucille Ball book I wrote over my maternity leave

I wanted to share the update to the book I wrote over maternity leave -- it's a real book coming out in October! [more inside]
posted by knownassociate on Aug 19, 2023 - 5 comments

Who are you, Mel Kaye?

For 40 years, since "The Story of Mel" was published (May 21st 1983), the existence of the hacking legend Mel Kaye was in doubt. Until today. We found his final resting place, which unfolds the life and work of the Mel (Melvin) Kaye (Kornitzky), who hacked a blackjack game for the LGP-30 and RPC-4000 some 70 years ago, in Glendale, Los Angeles. The article "Mel Kaye – CV" is published on the Mel's Loop project website, which is dedicated to hacker folklore research, and to the research of The Story of Mel in specific.
posted by lipsum on May 22, 2023 - 0 comments

Hawking Hawking: A new biography of Stephen Hawking

In Hawking Hawking, I explore how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as humanity’s greatest genius. Hawking spent his career grappling with deep questions in physics, but his renown didn’t rest on his science. He was a master of self-promotion, hosting parties for time travelers, declaring victory over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires. In a wheelchair and physically dependent on a cadre of devotees, Hawking still managed to captivate the people around him—and use them for his own purposes. [more inside]
posted by cgs06 on Apr 9, 2021 - 2 comments

Bill Watches Movies Podcast

A podcast where we talk about the stars and the stories of the B movies of yesteryear. A combination of humor, B movie weirdness, Hollywood biography and Old Time Radio. [more inside]
posted by Bill Watches Movies Podcast on Aug 31, 2019 - 4 comments

Rykobiography: The Serialized Story of a Man and His Cat

On Monday, November 28, 2016, at 9:45 PM, I lost my best friend and lifelong companion, Ryko, to complications from alimentary feline lymphoma. She was 18 and a half years old. In order to keep myself somewhat sane as I learn to process the loss of my girl, I’m writing her biography in serial form, from her manic kittenhood in Boston, MA, to her final peaceful days on the Westside of L.A.
posted by mykescipark on Dec 9, 2016 - 5 comments

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