History of Technology

13
Mar

Place Names / Time

Yesterday software engineer Matthew Gray from Inside Google Book Search posted a mashup/geo-visualization demonstrating how place name frequency changed
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05
Mar

Oldest Domain Names

Jottings.com has posted a list of the 100 oldest still-registered .com domains.  First on the list: Symbolics.com, which
16
Jan

Tekkie's Great Moments in Tech History

Tekkie, a.k.a. Mark Miller, "loves computers and software."  Apparently the software developer also loves the history
12
Jan

O'Reilly on the History of Science

In a post today called Remember the old "Two Cultures" Debate? Tim O'Reilly points to Jon
08
Jan

Tags Over Time

There's a new trend in online amateur history that digital history scholars would do well to notice.  A
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04
Jan

F/X

A quick one tonight from Popular Mechanics: The Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History.  In fact it'
14
Dec

Virtual Apple

For those of us who grew up with an Apple II computer in the home, Virtual Apple provides a timesucking
20
Nov

Old friend

Variety has called it: VHS is dead at 30.
30
Oct

All Time Greats of Geek Humor

This Week in Geek Humor has a post today chronicling "The 20 Funniest Computer Geek Humor Bits of All
27
Oct

Watchismo

Watchismo is a collector and online dealer of vintage watches, especially digital watches, from the mid-20th century.  He describes himself