GoogObits

Most of us find ourselves in goofy situations in our daily struggle to make money and obtain enough calories to sustain life. Jan Miner was a serious actress. Jan Miner found herself telling people they were “soaking in it” over the course of 27 years. All hail Jan Miner. Jan Miner, 86, Stage Actress Who Played Palmolive’s…

As a writer, words are really all I’ve got. That’s why typography and design have always been intense passions of mine. I’d rather hang out with type people than writers any day. We lost a good one in Rob Roy Kelly. Here is an annotation of Steven Heller’s obituary from the NYT for those of us who didn’t know him while he lived. See Design Observer for…

Thomas Stockham was crucial in determining two things: sound can be captured digitally, and Nixon lied. What a life. —DXO Thomas G. Stockham Jr., 70, Digital Pioneer, DiesBy KENNETH N. GILPINThomas G. Stockham Jr., a pioneer in digital electronics whose work helped to pave the way for the transition from long-playing records to compact discs, died on Jan. 6…

I always wonder about people like Fred Haas. His titular accomplishment– the headline of his obituary– was achieved 58 years ago. He lived 58 years after the apogee of his career. I wonder what he thought about that. Moreover, his accomplishment was less about his excellence– though it was a PGA Tour victory, nothing to…

Kenneth Poch discovered something entirely knowable but completely hidden. The number of Jewish veterans buried in Arlington Cemetery was a discreet, real number. The number existed. It was a whole number. But it was not a known number. Kenneth Poch changed that. These types of things blow me away. Take for instance, the number of…