Computer Museum
A museum of old computers and video games
[http://www.selectric.org/computer.html]. Kinda neat.
Topic
History
A collection of 249 issues
Niall of the Nine Hostages
I'm always drawn to bits of history that I've never even heard about. This one
rings a bell, barely
[http://shep.wordpress.com/2006/01/18/the-true-father-of-ireland]:
> Research by geneticists at Trinity College Dublin reveals that one in 12
Irishmen are descended from a fifth-century
Historical Miniature
I don't know a lot about Christopher Marlowe, but I know enough to know that
this summary of Marlowe in NYT is one-sided
[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/books/review/29feingold.html?_r=1] (it is not
at all clear, for instance, that Marlowe was gay
Reefer Madness
The cult classic is available at Google Video. Just click here
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1714653651063948142&q=reefer+madness]
and watch. Kinda funny.
WWW III
Future histories are in vogue. The writers of these pieces look at today's
current events and then write as though calamities that could happen tomorrow
were predictable, yet we're living in those times now and we don't see the
calamities coming. Eerie stuff.
Last
Judas Revisited
Dang it! Where am I going to focus all my hate? Maybe I can get a dog to kick:
> Christians have traditionally blamed Judas for aiding and abetting the
Crucifixion, and his name is synonymous with treachery. According to St Luke,
Judas was “possessed by Satan”.
> Now, a
80 Acres of Hell
An acquaintance sends this along:
> The History Channel will premiere "Eighty Acres of Hell", the story of the
Union's Camp Douglas, where 6,000 Confederate troops perished on Sunday, January
15th at 10pm EST.
> "To the Victor, Belongs the Silence." Hidden until
South Continues to Get Exonerated
Thomas DiLorenzo visited the New York Historical Society's exhibit on "Slavery
in New York [http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/]" last Friday and was impressed by
the lack of political correctness. He offers this quote from a book published by
the Society:
> For nearly three hundred years,
The Bloody History of Communism
Click here
[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8249035553873309392&q=beagle] to see a
video about the atrocity that was Communism, from its Marxist/Darwinian
theoretical beginnings through Castro (the intro implies the video will discuss
Castro). I've just started watching it, and it looks pretty good.
Historical Miniature
The LA Times this weekend has a great article about the predecessor of King Kong
[http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-ca-ingagi8jan08,0,6475224.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels]
: Ingagi.
> As only a handful of zoos and circuses exhibited apes during the early 20th
century, movies featuring all forms of monkeys emerged