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Many Mechanical Machines
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsBack again with another roundup of websites promoting some history. This weeks focus is on the computers and other machines. Technologizer has come through in the past year or so... -
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... -
New face, new forum
Posted on February 11, 2008 | No CommentsFor the one or two besides me who actually visit the site, you’ll notice a change in looks. I stumbled upon this theme a few days ago, and thought to... -
History of Slashdot, parts 2 and 3
Posted on October 17, 2007 | No CommentsSlashdot posted part three of the their history today. I missed part 2, so here is the link to both. History of Slashdot.org Part 2 History of Slashdot.org Part 3 -
Evolution and history of the computer interface, Macintosh style.
Posted on October 16, 2007 | No CommentsAppleinsider is my go to source for Mac news. What I really like about their articles are the in depth, historical explanations of Mac’s new OS features. Some places just... -
Slashdot's history
Posted on October 3, 2007 | No CommentsSomething I’ve wondered, and even dreamed of doing, has just been done. Slashdot is ten years old this year, and one of the creators has written a short history, part... -
A different history of computers and Linux
Posted on August 22, 2007 | No CommentsWow, two posts in a day… I just skimmed through this interview with Con Kolivas a major Linux kernel developer who has quite the Linux development world in frustration. What... -
Timeplot and Exhibit
Posted on August 22, 2007 | No CommentsThe folks over at MIT’s SIMILE have two new projects that are just mindbogglingly awesome. I used the Timeline Project for my research project a few semesters ago about World... -
The history of a software application
Posted on August 6, 2007 | No CommentsWhile doing some work today I stumbled upon a bit of history. The author calls it a story, but that’s what history is, right? Anyhow, it’s a very entertaining and... -
I'm alive… really, I am…
Posted on March 10, 2007 | No CommentsNot that anyone reads this with any regularity (made impossible by my irregular postings)…. I stumbled upon this cool video explaining “Web 2.0″ from http://www.metagrrrl.com/ (I hate buzz words, and...