💻 Paul Niedermeyer reviews the book Driving While Black, which tells what it was like for African-Americans to travel by car during the Jim Crow era. You should not be surprised that even in the North it could be dangerous. Read Book Review: “Driving While Black” — Not A Jet Smooth Ride

💻 Blogs have been with us for more than 20 years. But in the early days, before Twitter, before Facebook, people tried to use their blogs to fulfill those same functions. The coming of social media changed blogs forever. Phil Gyford looks back at blogging in 2000. Read What was it like?

💻 Monette gives us a brief tour of the Cup Noodles museum in Japan. Yes, there’s a museum to the cheap ramen noodles you buy at Walmart. Read Japan | Cup Noodles Museum

📷 Mike Eckman reviews the KW Pilot, a 1931 folding TLR. What an unusual camera! Read KW Pilot

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