Apparatus Theory

I have been reading a lot about film theory lately, and getting into some of the specific terms people use to describe what happens on screen. One of the ones that kept coming up and being debated was Apparatus Theory. This intriguing concept, emerging from the confluence of psychoanalytic thought, Marxist ideology, and film theory, offers a framework for understanding the impact of cinema on viewers' perceptions and beliefs. That seems like an important topic to get into! So, today we'll get...

Russian Woodpecker

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Russian Woodpecker (thing) See all of Russian Woodpecker, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by The Custodian Mon Apr 19 2004 at 21:37:21 The Russian Woodpecker Not an avian at all, the Russian Woodpecker was the vast, faceless and distant enemy of most of the users of shortwave radio in the Western World for eight or nine years, beginning in 1976. Folks were going about their electronic business in North America one day (Jul...

White Noise - the original from 1995

White Noise Reviewed by: Martin Gray Architect Jonathan Rivers is proving unable to rebuild his life after his novelist second wife Anna disappears. He mopes, he neglects his weekend son Mike, he moves into a truly soulless apartment (typical architect). He hangs on to the hope that her story isn't ove...

Dick Powell’s Radio Detectives

I don’t know about you, but I get into classic star moods. Lately my obsession is Dick Powell’s voice on the radio. It’s much easier for me to work listening to old-time radio programs than it is to try to watch movies and so here I am to share a collection of Dick Powell radio detectives. I say this often when I pay tribute to a star whose voice is smooth as silk…it is made for radio. That is true of Dick Powell who brings a sharp delivery and a wonderful deep noir lilt I cannot get en...

Doctor Octopus (person) by disarmed42 - Everything2.com

Doctor Octopus (person) See all of Doctor Octopus, no other writeups in this node. There have been two Doctors Octopus in the Marvel Comics universe. The better known of the two, Dr. Otto Octavius, first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #3, written by Stan Lee with art by Steve Ditko.Dr. Otto Octavius was a brilliant nuclear physicist who had invented a four-armed device that he used to manipulate radioactive elements. The arms telescoped to varying lengths and were incredibly stron...

Timeline: The History of Public Broadcasting in the U.S. | Current

Timeline: The History of Public Broadcasting in the U.S. | CurrentSourceURL: https://current.org/timeline-the-history-of-public-broadcasting-in-the-u-s/?wallit_nosession=1 Timeline: The History of Public Broadcasting in the U.S. Public broadcasting in the U.S. has grown from local and regional roots at schools and universities into a nationally known source of news and entertainment for milli...

Repeater Builder

Welcome to: "Repeater Builder" So, you want to build a repeater? Repeater Builder is an informational help site by Kevin Custer W3KKC. This is the largest repeater information site in the world! Below is a Google ad (to help pay the bandwidth and hosting bill). No endorsement of the products is implied. Donations are appreciated for the continued availability and upkeep of this site. We have over 11,000 publicly-accessible files occupying over 12 GB of server spac...

Did the universe's creator hide a message in the cosmos?

Did the creator of the universe leave a hidden message in the cosmos for intelligent life? If so, scientists have yet to find it. A search for a message on "the most cosmic of all billboards, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)," has failed, a new study finds. The CMB is the oldest light in the universe, visible across all of space. Its microwaves have been traveling since the first atoms formed out of a haze of protons and electrons that filled the universe soon after ...

Chronology of communication before electricity (idea) by legbagede - Everything2.com

Clip source: Chronology of communication before electricity (idea) by legbagede - Everything2.com Chronology of communication before electricity (idea)See all of Chronology of communication before electricity, no other writeups in this node. See also :Chronology of Communication after electronics to 1998, A Chronology of Communication from electricity to electronics, A Convoluted History of Early Telecommunications. c. 20,000 B.C.- Cave painting is widespread in Eurasia. Etchings are fig...

Oscar satellite (thing) by arfarf - Everything2.com

Oscar satellite (thing) See all of Oscar satellite, no other writeups in this node. One a long series of generally low-earth orbit satellites constructed and operated by amateur radio operators. Most were accessible to any radio ham for experiments and communications, with relatively low-cost equipment. To date well over 30 Oscars have been orbited, including AMSAT-OSCAR 10, operating since its launch in 1983.

Antennas - Back to the Future

A Planet is Born - Pluto and planet detection - Scientific American Jun 2020 edition

Charles E. Coughlin (person) by pingouin - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2Charles E. Coughlin (person)See all of Charles E. Coughlin, there is 1 more in this node.(person)by pingouin Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:52:51 Charles E. Coughlin. A Catholic priest who became a top-rated radio personality of the 1930s, with sermons that struck a nerve in people battered by The Great Depression. A proto-televangelist, selling "religious" tchotchkes and such to his audience - he had 50 million listeners in the US at the pea...

Radio telescop diagram