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Puzzle game built as a reproduction of the Internet in the mid-80s, complete with dialup links. The author's done some neat work by harvesting Usenet archives for machines and accounts (it looks like, anyway) -- "more /etc/passwd" on "ukc" looks quite plausible.
to amusements games history retrocomputing ... on 01 May 2011
World War II Story - Third Army - Europe - by Robert F. Gallagher
With many illustrations.
The Little Engines that Could've: The Calculating Machines of Charles Babbage
Good overview of Babbage's computing work, with lots of quotations and references to contemporary text. (It helps that Babbage was an entertaining writer.)
to babbage history mechanica retrocomputing ... on 27 February 2011
Notably especially for the field recordings of folk songs. The player uses an irritating Flash interface, but peering at the source will reveal URLs to mp4 files.
The lighthouse near Arbroath. Good articles about how it was built.
to architecture building dundee history lighthouse retrotech ship ... on 30 January 2011
Alternative histories, including the excellent "Lands of Red and Gold".
to amusements australia etext fiction history ... on 01 December 2010
Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio Facts and Figures
The article on the TI design team is interesting.
Impressively well-written blog on the history of typography.
to fonts history printing retrotech typography ... on 14 November 2010
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tasty by Adam Sampson.