History of Technology

13
Mar

Briefly Noted: FOSS Culture; Digital Humanities Calendar; Guardian API; WWW Turns 20

GNOME Foundation executive director Stormy Peters has some advice on bridging the gap between institutional and open source cultures. Useful
04
Mar

Motto

I came across this old quote last night in finishing up David Post's In Search of Jefferson'
10
Feb

Briefly Noted for February 10, 2009

Jessica Pritchard of the American Historical Association blog reports on a panel at last month's annual meeting that
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08
Apr

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
27
Mar

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
11
Mar

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
25
Feb

Netscape RIP

So long Netscape.  You were a good friend (for a while).  Though official support for the first widely used web
22
Feb

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.
15
Jan

WTF

Mark Fortner, an open source web developer who blogs at IdeaFactory, has stumbled upon a potentially useful new analytical construct
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13
Jan

Briefly Noted for January 13, 2008

New Stella Artois website uses brewer's long history, period costumes to sell beer.  See especially "L'