The Outer Garden

The Class on September 11 is Up.

With one huge project finished, it's time to move on to the next one.

Historic Photo: Kids at an L.A. Halloween Party, 1935.

This is what Halloween looked like 89 years ago.

A mid-autumn blog hiatus.

You won't hear from me for a few days, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes.

Watch “Roundhay Garden Scene,” the world’s very first motion picture—all 2 seconds of it.

This 2-second clip launched the entirety of world cinema.

The real “King’s Speech”: George VI addresses Britain at the start of World War II.

Hear the actual speech as he made it on September 3, 1939.

Update: The WOW! Signal Solved.

I missed a major piece of scholarship explaining the fascinating 1977 celestial event.

First contact for real? The enduring mystery of the WOW! Signal.

On August 15, 1977, humanity detected a signal of some kind from deep space. Its origin remains a tantalizing mystery.