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Entries Tagged as 'Ben Franklin'

Weighty Historical Matters

April 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Beards, bots, and were they hot?

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Tags: Blogging · Ben Franklin · Canadian Content · Found History

The Further Adventures of Ben Franklin’s Ghost

November 8th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Ben Franklin’s ghost tapped John Murray Spear to build an electrical messiah and save the world. Who was using who?

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Tags: Favorites · Old Weird America · Cranks · Ben Franklin · Telephony · Gilded Age · Technology

Great Franklin’s Ghost

November 6th, 2007 · 9 Comments

The posthumous adventures of Benjamin Franklin.

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Tags: Favorites · Old Weird America · Cranks · Ben Franklin · Gilded Age

Catch the Lightning Benergy!

January 17th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Birthday wishes, refried posts, and you know who.

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Tags: Old Blog · Ben Franklin

Goin’ Down The Road

June 22nd, 2005 · 2 Comments

Thank you, America, it’s been a hell of a decade.

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Tags: Blogging · Old Blog · Real Life · Ben Franklin · Canadian Content

Turk 182

January 9th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Ben Franklin returns, with a time-traveling chess-playing robot and a cast of dozens, in my mostest award-winningest post.

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Tags: Old Blog · Favorites · Old Weird America · Ben Franklin · Telephony · Robots · Technology

It’s Mostly About The Benjamins

December 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off

Ben Franklin stars in the most kick-ass 18th-century action movie you never saw.

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Tags: Old Blog · Favorites · Real Life · Ben Franklin · Robots