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Briefly Noted for June 12, 2008

Geek meme: Command line history. For about a month during the spring, geeks everywhere were using history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf "%5dt%s n",a[

Briefly Noted for April 11, 2008

A few quick notes from the National Council on Public History annual meeting in Louisville, KY. Bill Turkel has a terrific post on the nonlinear character of many academic careers, comparing planning our

Briefly Noted for April 8, 2008

Friend of CHNM, Stan Katz provides some perspective on The Emergence of the Digital Humanities in his excellent Chronicle of Higher Education "Brainstorm" column. Timelines.tv presents 1000 years of British

Briefly Noted for March 27, 2008

The D&D crowd at MIT pays tribute to the late Gary Gygax with a large 20-sided die in Killian Court. Cartridge Save, a British ink and toner retailer posts a surprisingly

Briefly Noted for March 25, 2008

Wikihistory is a short science fiction story about a group of future time travelers' journeys to the mid-20th century. Structured as a series of posts to a message board or wiki, Wikihistory