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Andrew M. Odlyzko edit / delete

There's various well-written, interesting material here on the historical intersection of economics and technology (e.g. railways and the Internet); the best are collected on the "technology and financial manias" page. Why the Internet bubble was nothing new, and probably didn't have the impact you thought it had.

to amusements business economics etext history internet railway ... on 18 January 2015

Frode Weierud's CryptoCellar edit / delete

Lots of Enigma-related stuff, including some finds of undecrypted messages and a good description of how to break it using modern statistical methods.

to cryptography enigma history ww2 ... on 17 January 2015

Enigma Cipher Machine edit / delete

With lots of pictures of the original hardware.

to cryptography enigma history mechanica ww2 ... on 17 January 2015

ENIGMA M4 - Breaking German Navy Ciphers edit / delete

"The "Breaking German Navy Ciphers" Project was founded in 2012. The goal is to break original radio messages, which were encoded with the famous German ENIGMA cipher machine. Up to now, we've succeeded in deciphering over 60 original World War II Enigma I M3 and M4 messages." This includes a batch of messages found in a sunken U-boat in the mid-80s -- surprisingly readable given 40 years underwater!

to cryptography enigma history ww2 ... on 17 January 2015

The Enigma cipher machine edit / delete

"These pages give an introduction to substitution ciphers and then go on to explain exactly how the Enigma machine worked and how it was used." A good description of how to actually implement it in software.

to cryptography enigma history ww2 ... on 17 January 2015

museum.media.org: Internet Talk Radio edit / delete

"Internet Talk Radio started broadcasting in 1993 as the first radio station on the Internet. As part of the museum.media.org effort to rescue some of our past work, we're also maintaining archives of early programs in their original state." Includes the "Hell's Bells" documentary that Joybubbles refers to in one of his recordings, and Cliff Stoll doing a presentation on "The Cuckoo's Egg".

to history phreaking podcasts radio retrotech security stoll ... on 23 November 2014

Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki edit / delete

With a British focus.

to history mechanica retrotech tractor vehicle ... on 02 November 2014

Doors Open Days 2014 edit / delete

This included various events in Dundee this year. (Which I found early in September, then completely forgot about. Maybe next year...)

to amusements buildings dundee history travel ... on 03 October 2014

Christos military and intelligence corner edit / delete

The lesser-known bits of WW2 cryptography, with an interesting collection of documents -- e.g. the Allied reports on what the Germans and Japanese had achieved in terms of cryptanalysis.

to cryptanalysis cryptography etext history ww2 ... on 03 October 2014

Computing at Chilton: 1961-1985 edit / delete

With various photos from the period.

to chilton history retrocomputing ... on 03 October 2014