joshuarrrr writes "When the RMS Titanic scraped an iceberg on the night of 14 April 1912, its wireless operators began sending distress calls on one of the world's most advanced radios: a 5-kilowatt rotary spark transmitter that on a clear night could ... »
“Unfortunately for car companies,” Jordan Weissmann noted at TheAtlantic.com a couple weeks back, “today's teens and twenty-somethings don't seem all that interested in buying a set of wheels. They're not even particularly keen on driving.” Young peopl... »
The Atlantic on urban speed. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] »
Hugh Pickens writes with a link to Atlantic writer Mark Bowden's account of how one gambler has cleaned up against casinos: "[B]lackjack player Don Johnson won nearly $6 million playing blackjack in one night, single-handedly decimating the monthly rev... »
Four reports this morning in West Seattle Crime Watch: (Wednesday afternoon photo by WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand) We took that photo yesterday afternoon on 39th just east of Fauntleroy, after tipsters told us police had converged on the area. All off... »
Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week drills into Amazon’s effort to upend the book industry by moving into the publishing business. The piece by Brad Stone tells the story of Larry Kirshbaum, the former Time Warner Book Group chief who is now... »
You’ve already seen what the KEXP DJs have picked for their Top 10 Albums of 2011 (here and on the blog), but what about all of the people who support our programming and every element of what makes KEXP mighty? There are many dedicated souls who opera... »
