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  “Ooh, look! A Monopolistic Phone Company Repair Van in its native habitat!”
                                        
Mark [1] just sent me an email pointing out the book _Infrastructure: A Field
Guide to the Industrial Landscape_ [2]:

> We are surrounded by the hardware of the modern world, but how much of it
> do we even notice, much less understand? This unique and fascinating book
> covers the parts of the landscape that are often overlooked despite their
> ubiquity—objects such as utility poles, power lines, cell phone towers,
> highway overpasses, railroad tracks, factories, and other man-made
> mechanical marvels. And they are not just in urban areas, but include out
> of the way “ecosystems” such as mines, dams, wind farms, power plants,
> grain operators, steel mills, and oil refineries. In Infrastructure, Brian
> Hayes offers clear explanations of the systems that keep the modern world
> running, including agriculture, energy supplies, shipping, air
> transportation, and the various ingenious methods of recycling and managing
> the waste we generate.
> 

“Review of _Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape_ [3]”

It certainly sounds like the type of book I would love to read. Thanks, Mark.

[1] http://www.gladesoft.com/
[2] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329593/conmanlaborat-
[3] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393329593/conmanlaborat-

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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