Revisionist History
Unfortunately for Bonds, it seems MLB's historians now are saying Aaron hit 805. This according to The Onion.
Thanks for the tip, Jerm.
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.
History in Screenshots
One of the things I keep stumbling upon are amateur software histories told through series of screenshots. Here are a couple examples. The first is a slideshow from ZDNet—which strictly speaking isn&
Really Smooth Music
My good friend Rob was particularly disgusted by my Venerable Bede joke (sorry, Rob), so I'm going to try to make it up to him by posting one of his found
End of an Era
In 2012 the lights will go out in Toronto. Well, at least the incandescent lights. According to a new provincial directive, Ontario will ban Edison's invention within five years, replacing more
Yuri
Today Google marks the 46th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space launch with another one of its commemorative logos. Clicking on it takes you to search results for "yuri AND gagarin&