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The Best of Oh Nine: Books*
December 29th, 2009 · 9 Comments
As with yesterday’s list, the asterisk is in the post title for a very good reason—namely, to tip you off that the titles mentioned below didn’t necessarily come out in 2009. They are, rather, things we read and dug over the past 12 months. Apologies for the relative brevity of the list, but our most common reaction to books this year was “meh.” Perhaps that’s because, due to the …
Tags: · Best of Oh Nine, books
Best of Oh Nine: Booze
December 30th, 2009 · 18 Comments
Being anchored to headquarters and relatively penniless meant that the Microkhan clan engaged in much low-brow imbibing throughout 2009. (Think Ballantine in the 22-ounce bottle, and some occasional Jim Beam .) But we’re of the mind that life isn’t worth living with somewhat alcoholic splurging, a mindset that led us to encounter a number of fine beers, wines, and liquors over the past …
Tags: · alcohol, beer, Best of Oh Nine, whiskey, wine
Best of Oh Nine: Movies*
December 28th, 2009 · 17 Comments
Before the film geeks among you point out that the photo above is from a movie released in 2005, please note the asterisk. See, our deal is that we didn’t really get out to the theater much this year—blame Microkhan Jr. and the economic decline, both of which conspired to keep us at home much more than we would have liked. So, alas, the bulk of our movie-watching this year was done in …
Tags: · Best of Oh Nine, movies
“The Mills of the Gods”
August 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on “The Mills of the Gods”
With next year’s Census already sparking so much political heat , it’s worth looking back at one of Microkhan’s favorite-ever technology stories: the 1890 Census, the tabulation fiesta that have birth to (semi-)modern programming.
For the hardcore geeks in the audience, this is already a well-known tale, featuring one of the true rock stars of the field: Herman Hollerith , best …
Tags: · Census, computers, gadgets, Herman Hollerith, IBM, programming, statistics, technology, U.S. history
After the Lights Switch Off
March 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on After the Lights Switch Off
So I have something pretty un-American to confess: this year, for the first time since my days in Dublin, I’ve been following Premier League soccer like mad. Things have gotten to the point, in fact, that I’m seriously considering a late-afternoon work break in order to watch the Sunderland-Everton FA Cup quarterfinal. I can’t only blame Among the Thugs for this newfound …
Tags: · Among the Thugs, England, George Best, soccer, sports
Frankenstein in Space, with Kinski
June 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
We know we’re still a few days away from the week’s finale, and thus from the joys of Bad Movie Friday , but we couldn’t resist posting the trailer above. We’re in the midst of watching Werner Herzog’s My Best Fiend , a documentary about his rather insane working relationship with Klaus Kinski . From what we’ve gathered (and previously posted about ), Kinski had a …
Tags: · Android, Klaus Kinski, My Best Fiend, robots, space, Werner Herzog
Hogmanay
December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment
We were all set to do a last “Best of Oh Nine” installment on music, but events have intervened—namely a surprise blizzard here in Atlah, coupled with pressing Microkhan Jr. oversight duties. You can, of course, rifle through the sounds that echoed through our cranium in 2009 by checking out our “Music” tag ; Lord knows we ain’t shy about posting whatever’s spinning …
Tags: · Best of Oh Nine, King Curtis, music
Thou Shall Not Pass
July 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Thou Shall Not Pass
It would take a rock-hard heart not to be moved by the plight of the Iroquois national lacrosse team , which has been frustrated in its efforts to attend the world championships in England . The team’s members hoped to travel on passports issued by their tribal government, but the British have refused to recognize the documents—despite the State Department’s written assurance that the …
Tags: · diplomacy, Iroquois, lacrosse, Native Americans, sports, State Department, travel
Giving the Junta a Pass
March 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments
The recent Nigerien coup has put the rest of the world—or at least the part that swears love for democracy—in something of a quandary. Out deepest political principles compel us to oppose the use of force in obtaining power, especially when the afflicted regime was selected at the ballot box. Yet if the old guard was deeply rotten, do we really have the moral authority to condemn …
The Gulag-Free Archipelago
December 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Upon being presented with the map above, the first question that pops to most minds is, “Why is the incarceration rate in the United States so absurdly high?” But given our proclivity for the esoteric, we now find ourselves wondering, “Why is the incarceration rate in Indonesia so darn low?”
There is certainly no single, all-encompassing answer to that head-scratcher. There’s …
Tags: · crime, Indonesia, law, prisons, witchcraft
Second Best by Choice
April 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In terms of risk-to-reward ratio, there are few sports that can compete with unlimited hydroplaning . While the sport is far less deadly than in bygone days, it’s still not for the faint-of-heart. And unlike such daredevil fare as stock-car racing, there is relatively limited glory to be had (at least outside of the Pacific Northwest). C’mon—how many top unlimited hydroplaners can you …
Tags: · Bill Muncey, Chip Hanauer, sports, unlimited hydroplanes
The Best-Laid Plans
November 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The section of the book I’m working on today is basically a brief history of terrible kidnapping plots. They’re not all necessarily dumb crimes from the get-go—many of the cases I cover involved months of careful planning by above-average crooks. But they inevitably make one key error that unspools the entire enterprise. And more often than not, that error concerns the way in which the …
Tags: · crime, kidnapping
The Best Job in Show Business
December 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Still cranking on this Wired deadline, so I can only offer you a pittance this morning. But what a pittance—a tribute to the Morris Day , a few hours too late to celebrate his 53rd birthday. Aside from absolutely owning Purple Rain , Day is responsible for one of the greatest on-stage gimmicks ever: Checking his reflection in a gilded mirror, to ensure that he is maintaining …
Tags: · Bez, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, music
When Best Intentions Fall Flat
August 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
In addition to railing against American imperialism and digging up the bones of long-deceased heroes , Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has taken a keen interest in improving his nation’s literacy rate. One of his key initiatives was a $50 million-plus program to teach 1.5 million Venezuelan adults to read, primarily by providing financial and job opportunity incentives. Just two years …
Tags: · education, Hugo Chavez, literacy, neuroscience, Venezuela
The Liver Knows Best
March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Of all the various methods that mankind has devised to foretell the future, none is quite as bizarre as the reading of entrails. We have no idea who first came up with the idea that a deceased animal’s innards could cast light on upcoming events, but the practice certainly dates back to the heyday of ancient Babylon . And though the Romans were the most celebrated users of haruspicy , …
Tags: · ancient history, anthropology, Ethiopia, haruspicy, pseudoscience, religion, Roman Empire
A Taxidermist’s Best Friend
February 26th, 2010 · 8 Comments
Nearly a year ago, we marveled at the way in which ancient physicians used ant jaws as sutures. Blame our childhood Flintstones habit, but we have a soft spot for techniques that require the assistance of live animals. And so imagine our glee upon discovering the role that dermestid beetles play in the twin disciplines of taxidermy and fossil cleaning.
We should probably take a step …
Tags: · crime, dermestid beetles, insects, paleontology, taxidermy, tigers, wildlife management
Man’s True Best Friend?
June 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
One of Microkhan’s most faithful correspondents wrote in yesterday regarding our recent Taiwanese landmines post . Our piece quoted from a report on Mozambique’s mine removal program, which suggested that dogs were doing much of the detection. But our reader, who obviously knows Mozambique better than the Average Joe , points out that giant pouched rats are sharing much of the detection …
Tags: · animals, Black Death, coal mining, landmines, Mozambique, rodents, weapons
The Best Wikipedia Article Ever
May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: · heavy metal, music, umlauts, Wikipedia
Flipping the Perspective
April 11th, 2023 · Comments Off on Flipping the Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OqFOUioAz6k
Whenever I’m stuck on a writing project—an all-too-frequent occurrence—I usually try to find my way forward by contemplating a single question: How can I shift what I’m trying to say without reaching for cliches? Because a lot of the time, the reason I’m banging my head against the wall is because I’m taking an approach to the …
Tags: · creativity, George Lucas, movies, writing
555 Wins in a Row
September 30th, 2022 · Comments Off on 555 Wins in a Row
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hd6Wohi-97w
The greatest to ever do it
I have a heavy writing day ahead: I’m having serious problems with a transition in my lede, and experience has taught me that ironing things out will take a good eight hours. So I’m shirking my Microkhan duties for the day and just tossing up some rare footage of the greatest squash player to ever walk the Earth. …
Tags: · Jahangir Khan, Pakistan, sports, squash, writer's block, writing
About
January 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I am a writer based in the former hat-manufacturing capital of America. I ’m currently a contributing editor at Wired , for whom I write in-depth stories about criminal justice, national security, biomedical research, and sundry other topics. I’m also the author of two books of narrative nonfiction: Now the Hell Will Start , the tale of an American G.I. who went native in …
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The Bard of Svengalis
October 11th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Bard of Svengalis
When you pick through the work of accomplished nonfiction writers, you’ll usually find that they keep exploring the same general theme through multiple projects. In the case of Randall Sullivan, that theme can be neatly summarized as, “Charismatic individuals whose delusions of grandeur exert a strong gravitational pull on people in search of meaning.” It’s most evident in his first and …
Tags: · adolescence, crime, FFF, gangs, Gizmondo, Los Angeles, Randall Sullivan, writing
The Reason That I’m Here
January 19th, 2024 · Comments Off on The Reason That I’m Here
I’m generally against nostalgia, since I think it’s obvious charms can insidiously blot out our ability to live in the moment. But I’ll confess to being overwhelmed with sadness upon learning a few minutes ago that Sports Illustrated has essentially been swept into the dustbin of history . As I’ve discussed on this here site several times , my SI subscription made me fall …
Tags: · basketball, Gary McLain, journalism, magazines, sports, Sports Illustrated, writing
The Art of Experimental Design
October 6th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Art of Experimental Design
The title of today’s post could easily be yesterday’s: “Commitment to the Bit.” Because what I find most fascinating about the field of hitchhiker studies is the effort that its practitioners pour into gathering data. I don’t know many social scientists who would throw themselves into their work quite like the authors of “WHO PICKS UP WHOM: The Fleeting Encounter Between …
Tags: · flowers, hippies, hitchhiking, psychology, science, sociology
Twelve Years On
May 14th, 2024 · Comments Off on Twelve Years On
A few weeks ago, after a lengthy writing session, I switched my phone off Work mode and noticed that I had a voicemail from an unknown number with a Los Angeles area code. I’ve been noodling with a couple of long-term projects connected to the city of my birth, so I figured it was a callback about one of those ventures. But the message could not have been more unexpected, nor more …
Tags: · Alfred Anaya, journalism, life, Wired, writing
The Big Sleep
November 28th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Big Sleep
The illustration above should give you some sense of how I spent my summer: Learning everything I possibly could about the current state of hibernation research, the unheralded key to getting our species to Mars and beyond. I did so in order to write this new Wired story , which came out on Thanksgiving morning. The piece’s narrative throughline is about an Alaskan researcher …
Tags: · exhuastion, hibernation, Mars, mental health, philosophy, Wired, writing
Treasure Troves
September 22nd, 2022 · Comments Off on Treasure Troves
As someone who’s chosen to write for free on WordPress for a presumable audience of none, I’ve developed a soft spot for age-worn media platforms that are still chugging along. If I so desired, I could make Microkhan nothing but a series of valentines to still-updated BlogSpot sites that chronicle 1950s postcards or models of cement mixers.
I’ll spare you that deluge of esoterica, …
Tags: · art, Flickr, illustrations, public domain
Origins of the Dye Pack
October 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on Origins of the Dye Pack
I’d be pleased to make Microkhan about nothing more than fantastic patent art. My current favorite is the drawing above, take from the landmark 1971 patent for the modern dye pack . The inventors, Harold Robeson and Jerry Birchfield, acknowledge in their application that they were standing on the shoulders of giants: The first dye pack, then known as the “Liquid Protecting …
Tags: · bank robbery, crime, dye packs, inventions
The Farthest End
March 22nd, 2022 · Comments Off on The Farthest End
https://youtu.be/gXNAKC–ElI?t=182
Yes, still here, and still curious about those portions of the earth that are most unlike my own. Thus my recent interest in the goings on Heard Island , an uninhabited blob that can lay fair claim to the title “Remotest Place on the Planet.” It’s perhaps best known as the headquarters for the Heard Island Feasibility Test, a 1991 experiment …
Tags: · ham radio, Heard Island, hunting, travel
