stevenberlinjohnson.com: The Ghost Map
So, Stephen Johnson has announced his new book - and I'm both fantastically over excited about it, and slightly miffed. I've known about John Snow and the Cholera epidemic for years, and it is a fascinating thing.
But now *everyone* will know about that mysterious pump in Broad Street, and why the kerbstone is a different colour, and why you should always drink beer, and not water.
Boo. There goes one of my entertaining yet obscure pub facts out in to the mass of popular knowledge.
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If and when I have a thought, and have ten minutes in the office, I might write mildly diverting thoughts here: about new media in real life, about the web, about the future. But mostly, I think, I'll just wiffle about nothing.
About Me
- kim
- London, United Kingdom
- Portly noo-meejah product manager with a liking for gin and ladies. Oh, and a boy. Just the one. Fond of eating, Prone to being too serious, Optimistic (mostly), Solipsistic, Nowhere near as interesting as you might think, A wobbly speller (sorry).
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