29
Apr
Revisionist History
Unfortunately for Bonds, it seems MLB's historians now are saying Aaron hit 805. This according to The Onion.
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23
Apr
History in Screenshots
One of the things I keep stumbling upon are amateur software histories told through series of screenshots. Here are a
22
Apr
Really Smooth Music
My good friend Rob was particularly disgusted by my Venerable Bede joke (sorry, Rob), so I'm going to
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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
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