Mr Bikferd found the hidden H.
For the meaning of the H in sunrays, see page 123.
This is a completely unplanned synchronicity with They Might Be Giants, whom I admire beyond words, and who, by the way, just released their latest podcast.
Since first seeing this image myself this past fall, I have been waiting and hoping someone else would notice it.
Mr. Bikferd may name his “prize.”
Mr Bikferd found the hidden H.
For the meaning of the H in sunrays, see page 123.
This is a completely unplanned synchronicity with They Might Be Giants, whom I admire beyond words, and who, by the way, just released their latest podcast.
Since first seeing this image myself this past fall, I have been waiting and hoping someone else would notice it.
Mr. Bikferd may name his “prize.”
This is John Hodgman, writing the final electronic mail regarding THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE.
I am grateful for your kind indulgence, for expressing your good wishes, and keeping your curses quiet.
In a symbolic but necessary new year’s clearing of the decks, I am deleting this e-mailing list.
If you would like to continue to receive infrequent mailings from me featuring information on…
- THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE, in all its formats (PAPERBACK! AUDIO! THEMED CRUISES! ONLY TWO OF THESE ARE TRUE!);
- THE LITTLE GRAY BOOK LECTURES , which soon shall resume;
-The trip Coulton and I will be taking in February to visit the bookstores of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Milwaukee, and Denver (IN THAT ORDER!); and/or
-OTHER INFORMATION
Then please write me at this address (hodgman@littlegraybooks.com) and include the words “MORE INFORMATION THAN I REQUIRE” in your reply.
That way I will know you are alive and well, and I will be glad for it.
Otherwise, I do not know what to say except
THANK YOU
GOOD EVENING
and
THAT IS ALL.
………………………
John Hodgman
PO Box 1618
Cathedral Station
NYC, NY 10025
hodgman@littlegraybooks.com
www.areasofmyexpertise.com
www.littlegraybooks.com
1969, DALLAS, TX: The first ATM machine is installed. Standing for “AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE MACHINE,” the first ATM could receive deposits and dispense cash (though only in coins) and was roughly the size of a city block. Despite its name, it was not wholly automated: A single human controller was required to supervise and make manual notations in the customer’s bankbook. He would sit in a little dome atop the machine. However, this bank employee was instructed to wear a tinfoil suit and talk like a machine so as not to ruin the futuristic effect.
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