Terry Trusty came to New Canaan late in the summer of 1974, a 15-year-old from Freeman, Va. a small town in the segregated South dotted with tobacco farms. He’d grown up proud that his father and grandfather purchased the family home using the G.I. Bill. “That was a wonderful thing,” he told NewCanaanite.com on a recent […]
MIT engineer and Digital Equipment Corporation co-founder Ken Olsen was quoted as saying that there would be no reason for anyone to have computers in their home.
Sharon Ann Anderson, 81, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, at Carefree Living's memory care unit in Ely after a long struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. Sharon was born in Rosendale, MN, on June 18, 1942, to Einer and Gertie Anderson. In the early '50s, the family moved to Babbitt, MN, to take part in the
A book club finally finishes Finnegans Wake 28 years after it started. A history of book banning. Graphene-infused packaging that reduces plastic consumption. DEC may be gone, but its legacy lingers. A new font aims to make reading easier for dyslexics. An AR-powered football helmet with a screen that allows deaf players to see play calls in ASL. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?…The Shadow knows!” Music for chickens. What’s the most popular Halloween candy in your state? All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany.