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The World Wide Web Circa 1994

February 27, 2008
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This three-minute promotional video from Digital Equipment Corporation produced in 1994 sure takes me back. At that time people were using 14.4kbps Modems to dial into an Internet service provider and read pages on the Web. And the number of sites was only in the hundreds or possibly thousands. Compare that to today… there are [...]

Gil Scott Heron for UK Black History Month

October 1, 2007

October is Black History Month in the UK (it’s February in the US), and one very unique individual is Gil Scott Heron, an American poet and musician known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word performer. Mr. Heron recites a poem in which he uses sarcasm and wit to [...]

Steve Jobs and the First Ever Macintosh circa 1984

August 30, 2007

Thanks to Sean from Geek With Laptop we’ve got the first ever demonstration of a MacIntosh computer by Steve Jobs. This post is dedicated to Terry and Debbie who both mercilessly persecute me for being a die hard PC user and paying no homage whatsoever to the Mac.

Tom Snyder’s 1981 Interview with Charles Manson

August 23, 2007

In the 1950′s and 1960′s Charles Manson and his gang of drugged out hippies preyed on society as few criminals ever have. After eventually being sentenced to death, then having that sentence commuted to life in prison (California repealed the death penalty) the Manson “family’s” reign of terror came to an end. The name Charles [...]

Tiananmen Square and the “Tank Man” Protester

June 25, 2007

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 18 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the legendary “tank man”. But this month marks the anniversary, and given that enough time as passed that a new generation has been born and without hearing about it I thought I’d give a little reminder surrounding events of the [...]

The Hindenburg Disaster 70 Year Anniversary

June 20, 2007

I actually missed the anniversary by about a month, but thought it would still be appropriate to remember one of the most notable accidents in world history. Along with some background information, I’ve embedded a video that includes all of the original footage and audio commentary including the famous words by Herbert Morrison, “Oh the [...]

The Discoveries of Classical India

March 1, 2007

Now days, when I think of India I think of a hot dry climate, a billion people, call centers and engineers. But this is a country with a long, rich history that predates most Western civilizations. Here is an interesting video which demonstrates many of the inventions from ancient India including things such as the [...]

Bigger Warmongers: Republicans or Democrats?

January 9, 2007

I’m not sure about you, but I had some preconceived notions about American political parties tendencies to go to war. Interestingly, they turned out to be completely wrong. Here is a historical recounting of all US wars, how many lives were lost in each, and the responsible ruling party at the time. This is not [...]

Google’s “Zeitgeist” Review of 2005

August 30, 2006

This is a very interesting look at 2005 from the vantage point of the Google search engine. It shows how people’s interests and concerns vary according to what is happening around them. I think this is really worth a read, and I can’t wait to see the summary for future years as well. Previous Google [...]

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