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40th anniversary of the moon landing
Posted on July 22, 2009 | No CommentsWhat space junky, almost historian, geek would I be without posting a little bit about some of the best type of history in existence. I refer, of course, to the... -
Nazis in the news
Posted on July 10, 2009 | No CommentsNazi history is always a good way to sell news, and get people to read. A few Nazi related items came up in the news lately. From the Telegraph.co.uk we... -
Andrews AFB Airshow
Posted on May 22, 2009 | No CommentsProbably one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. The F-22 flew over our heads, virtually within spitting distance it seemed. The maneuverability of this aircraft was absolutely... -
Blast from the past
Posted on May 22, 2009 | No CommentsWhat I have for you this week are just a few websites that give us access to the past, an historical artifact that uncovers a mystery, and some new ways... -
The history of abandoned things
Posted on April 17, 2009 | No CommentsI came across the site Artificial Owl this week. Artificial Owl finds images of long forgotten, man-made objects, locates them on a map and tells a bit of the story... -
Finished 1989 Flash Map
Posted on February 10, 2009 | No CommentsI had to dig this out of the depths of my computer today, and a quick search showed that I never posted the final version. So here it is in... -
Zotero's code_swarm
Posted on November 1, 2008 | No CommentsI finally figured it all out, and got a working version of Zotero’s development on trunk for the past year in code_swarm. Next, I need to find or make some... -
History of Software Applications
Posted on September 12, 2008 | No CommentsThere’s a really cool new way to visualize the creation of software. It’s called code_swarm. Developed by Michael Ogawa as a way to do just that, visualize the creation of... -
Lego History and the Rosetta Stone of the future?
Posted on August 25, 2008 | No CommentsLEGOS The lego minifig (the little human figure) is celebrating its 30 year birthday today. Yeah Lego! Gizmodo is running a contest for best picture or short film using the... -
Graphical representations of genealogy
Posted on March 5, 2008 | No CommentsI have this thought, and it was brought to mind again by an article on Wired which linked to this artists (Jason Salavon) work with the US census data. Basically,...