20
Apr
End of an Era
In 2012 the lights will go out in Toronto. Well, at least the incandescent lights. According to a new provincial
Tom Scheinfeldt
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
12
Apr
Yuri
Today Google marks the 46th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space launch with another one of its commemorative logos.
06
Apr
John Bolton, John Stewart, Doris Kearns Goodwin
I was cleaning out my TiVo last night, and I caught this odd trio debating the makeup of Lincoln'
04
Apr
Best and Worst
It has been a while since I posted something in the Tops of All Time series, but I noticed two
03
Apr
Red, Green, and Blue
I'm currently reading Kim Stanley Robinson's superb Mars Trilogy, an imagined history of humankind's
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26
Mar
History on the Corner
To commemorate 30 years of Star Wars, the United States Postal Service has started painting its blue corner mailboxes to
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23
Mar
Podcasts
If you haven't subscribed already, Episode 2 of Digital Campus ("The Old and the YouTube") is
13
Mar
Place Names / Time
Yesterday software engineer Matthew Gray from Inside Google Book Search posted a mashup/geo-visualization demonstrating how place name frequency changed
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13
Mar
Finding History at Home 2
Today in Digital History Hacks, Bill Turkel imagines a not-so-distant future of "history appliances":
Jazz BandeWave PaintingMean StreetsPaper
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09
Mar
Digital Campus
This is also somewhat off topic, but I'm very pleased to announce the launch of Digital Campus, a
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