Briefly Noted for March 17, 2008
The content is about the same, but The History Channel's new design is a big step in the right direction (see the Internet Archive's very slow loading capture from
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Briefly Noted for March 11, 2008
How to make a Leyden jar out of a two-liter Coke bottle, from MAKE Magazine.
Top Ten Moments in Sitcom History. I think you'd have to put Lucy and Ethel'
Briefly Noted for February 27, 2008
A Year Before is a WordPress plugin allowing users to display titles of articles posted n number of days ago. Its developers suggest using it in a "historical corner" to show
Briefly Noted for February 22, 2008
(my) History of Technology by Verie Sandborg. A retiree's recollections of a lifetime with personal technology.
Roots Television. User-generated genealogy videos. Interesting, but too many ads.
Technica. An archive of lego
Briefly Noted for January 13, 2008
New Stella Artois website uses brewer's long history, period costumes to sell beer. See especially "L'Origine."
Science Fiction Timeline of Inventions. Learn when the taser, credit cards