Archive for the 'History' Category

In the Shadow of the Moon

I am looking forward to seeing this documentary. This is going to be a must have in the collection.
Between 1968 and 1972, 12 men walked upon the surface of the moon. All of the surviving crew from the Apollo missions tell their stories. With visually stunning NASA footage as counterpoint to this riveting firsthand [...]

The Top PCs of 1982

Popular Mechanics was definitely ahead of the curve when it came recognizing the fact that copy protection can stifle innovation:
It used to be that programs were easy to copy and change. But manufacturers began to lose money as many people made copies of software and gave them to their friends.
Now, many manufacturers have figured out [...]

Telecom Tax Imposed in 1898 Fades Away

This tax has generated over $6 billion every year! That is a lot of pennies. Gee how nice that we all can get a refund, but just only for the last three years. Something is better than nothing.
I wonder does that mean we have to digg up our long distance [...]

World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Summerfest

This is just cool! Can you imagine you can see all sorts of cool things from classic cars to the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. And of course oddles and oddles of catsup!
8th Annual Catsup Bottle Summerfest

The World’s Largest Catsup Bottle stands proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois. This unique [...]

Race for the Cure!

Today I got up early and met my girlfriend and sister for the Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis. I first heard about this good cause from an email at work. Edward Jones is a big sponsor and encouraged people to join the team. So I did. I got [...]

99 Red Balloons

Just recently on March 26, 2006, VH1 aired the music video for Nena’s “99 Red Balloons” continuously from 2pm EST to 3pm EST. The song, originally recorded in 1983 as a Cold War protest by German pop singer Nena, tells the story of 99 red balloons floating in the air on a summer’s day which [...]

The Story of Ctrl Alt Delete

This is a great video and we learn the true story of CTRL ALT DEL — I mean wait to see Bill Gates in this one.

Cubicles: The great mistake

Even the designer of the cubicle thinks they were maybe a bad idea, as millions of ‘Dilberts’ would agree.
NEW YORK (FORTUNE Magazine) – Robert Oppenheimer agonized over building the A-bomb. Alfred Nobel got queasy about creating dynamite. Robert Propst invented nothing so destructive. Yet before he died in 2000, he lamented his unwitting contribution to [...]

The Mothership!

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche

The Mothership! The Apple Lisa and Early Macintosh Archive.

History of Computer Graphics and Animation

A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation