I have had this link on the history of wi-fi sitting open for awhile. I finally got around to reading – and sharing – it. Good stuff. Enjoy.
Category Archives: History
Letters of Note: To My Old Master
Was your last boss – literally – a slave driver? This man’s was and he found a way to rebuke the man, politely even, when he was offered a chance to return to the plantation.
I don’t think I could have been near as civil. Sarcasm? Sure. But this has class *and* snark.
Prohibition: America’s failed “noble experiment” – CBS News
A look back at the age of Prohibition.
Another leftover from the archived tabs.
‘Cultural Revolution Cookbook’: A Taste Of Humanity : NPR
Tasty Chinese food from a dark time in that nation’s history.
“I Have A Dream”
Take the time to listen to the whole speech.
And wonder why those words are still too painfully unaddressed today.
Go West, Young Confederacy – NYTimes.com
I’m not sure why I don’t get updates from this page like I was for awhile, but a nice helping of Confederate treasonous folly I had kept around for entertainment value.
Great military talent surrounded by idiots, led by fools, all of them traitors to America.
And those in our days who call them patriots are not much better. Probably worse.
100 Years in 10 Minutes (1911 – 2011 in 10 Minutes) – YouTube
Sure there is stuff to quibble about, but I’m not about to trouble myself to try to do anything I’d deem better. Video link.
Almanac: Dinosaurs – CBS News Video
11 Sounds That Your Kids Have Probably Never Heard – Mental Floss
Want to feel old? Read/listen to this.
Granted, you already knew instinctively that the world has moved on. Some technologies we grew up with are gone. Hell, some that came into being in our lifetimes have exceeded their shelf lives.
But still, it kind of stings, doesn’t it?
Bonus NPR interview on the subject.
The 1968 Exhibit | Opens October 14, 2011
I am fairly excited about this and hope to get to it sometime soon.
Tonight in Minneapolis the 1968 Exhibit opens. Granted, before my time but it was certainly a year when the nation and the world was on a precipice. Extremists murdered King and Kennedy, we were at war for no good reason. Nixon embraced racism and became president.
Almost makes you wonder where the Baggers want to take us, doesn’t it?
MPR has been covering this, both this morning and at midday.