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Fair users are of course free to do their Page 3: A single home survives a wildfire in Laguna Beach, California, on 28 thing. The views published here are not necessarily those of the writers and artists, October 1993. Courtesy Associated Press. Photo by Doulgas C. Pizac. Thanks to let alone the unpredictable editors of Cabinet. Jocko Weyland. COLUMNS MAIN 7 COLORS / silveR 19 looking forward Priscilla becker Paul maliszewski A little night music King Camp Gillette and the dream of Metropolis 10 INVENTORY / PeeL, PuCkeR, pinch, PunctuRe 24 Artist Project: events louise harPman & scott sPecht moyra davey The efflorescence of American drink-through lids 28 Evolving OuT Of The Virtual muD: 14 ingestion / whY architects look sick at AN InteRvIew with Ed burton building Dedication CeRemonieS margaret wertheim mark morris The imaginary Galapagos of sodaconstructor The edible complex 32 16 leftovers / A Revolutionary aim? Artist project: “INspyre” and “love” barbara penner kevin okada a.k.a. kevino Out of the water closet 34 extraordinary VoyageS christoPher turner The first daredevils of Niagara Falls 37 Harnessing Niagara Falls sasha archibald Lighting the Path of Progress 39 ARTIST PROJECT: Reconstructions (Middle east) caitlin masley 43 the diffeRence eNgine samantha hunt Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the birth of the computer 46 The Old Curiosity Shop Peter thomashow The philosophical instruments of Benjamin Pike, Jr. Chance AND 51 rolling The dice: an inteRvIew with postcard: victoria falls jackson Lears Julian gantt david serlin Luck in America bookmark: from The archIveS Of chance 55 ARTIST PROJECT: accidental graffiti John Colle Rogers 58 STumbling OveR/Upon Art dario gamboni Chance as a creative ally 62 A Machine for constructing StorieS: an introduction 63 BreAkfast Francine Prose Temperance, The Star, The Hanged Man, Four of Wands, Ace of Pentacles, Ten of Cups 64 beeLzebub Radio—The World Has beeN SAveD denis Johnson The Devil, Ten of Cups, Strength, Nine of Wands, The Empress, Two of Pentacles 66 Nevada’S most uNwanteD christoPher turner The story of the gambling capital’s Black Book 68 Cherry, Cherry, Cherry marshalL fey How the slot machine got its fruit 69 WhY ASk whY?: AN InteRvIew with Alison Gopnik courtney StePhens The origin of the idea of chance in children 73 The languAge Of birds dale pendell Some notes on chance and divination 82 BeT The HouSe Javid Soriano The Assinoboine game of Cossoo 84 what’S LuCk Got to DO With IT? sasha Archibald & courtney stePhens The genius of cheating 86 ARTIST PROJECT: some Letters from bookmAkers James peel 89 NoteS on StructuRe rené Morales & Erik Henriksen Sphish-packing, gestalt sensations, and the wonders of buckminsterfullerene 94 be Ready! nicolas herman The existential prerogative of the Go Bag 96 Editor-bY-Chance! Win dominion over two pages in Cabinet’s Summer 2006 issue 99 Artist Project: TwO buffons (AN InteRvIew and A ProbLem) mariana castillo deball contributors Sasha Archibald is associate editor of Cabinet. Mark Morris is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he teaches design and theory. He previously worked Priscilla Becker’s book of poems, Internal West (Zoo Press, 2001), won The Paris at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and Architec- Review book prize. She teaches writing at Columbia University and writes record tural Association while completing his doctorate at the London Consortium.