Tagged with History
- 06. Links for January 6, 2022
Links for January 6, 2022
- 06. The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
- 02. Links for January 2, 2022
Links for January 2, 2022
- 02. The Loss of an Icon: A Closer Look
The Loss of an Icon: A Closer Look
- 01. Links for January 1, 2022
Links for January 1, 2022
- 01. A Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Found & Translated
A Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Found & Translated | Open Culture
- 01. Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 3 Return to Ithaca
Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 3 Return to Ithaca
- 29. What is Art Deco Architecture?
What is Art Deco Architecture?
- 29. Links for December 29, 2021
Links for December 29, 2021
- 29. Smaller Is Sometimes Better: Why Electronic Components Are So Tiny
Smaller Is Sometimes Better: Why Electronic Components Are So Tiny
- 22. Characters in Painted Stories: 8 Tragedy, Orestes 2
Characters in Painted Stories: 8 Tragedy, Orestes 2
- 22. Links for December 22, 2021
Links for December 22, 2021
- 17. Links for December 17, 2021
Links for December 17, 2021
- 17. On the Mythologizing of United States History
On the Mythologizing of United States History
- 25. Impressionist painting in Britain: 12 George Clausen
Impressionist painting in Britain: 12 George Clausen
- 25. Links for October 25, 2021
Links for October 25, 2021
- 25. Transplanting the Mac’s Central Processor: Gary Davidian and His 68000 Emulator
Transplanting the Mac’s Central Processor: Gary Davidian and His 68000 Emulator - CHM
- 24. His early landscapes followed van Mander. He also expressed his love of Claude’s work, before composition dissolved into light and colour.
Landscape Composition: 7 Turner’s revolution
- 24. Links for October 24, 2021
Links for October 24, 2021
- 21. Links for October 21, 2021
Links for October 21, 2021
- 21. Impressionist painting in Britain: 9 Edward Stott
Impressionist painting in Britain: 9 Edward Stott
- 21. Painting the surreal before Surrealism 2
Painting the surreal before Surrealism 2
- 15. The Evolution of Kandinsky's Painting
The Evolution of Kandinsky's Painting: A Journey from Realism to Vibrant Abstraction Over 46 Years | Open Culture
- 15. Links for October 15, 2021
Links for October 15, 2021
- 14. Links for October 14, 2021
Links for October 14, 2021
- 14. Landscape Composition: 2 Beginnings
Landscape Composition: 2 Beginnings
- 08. Links for October 8, 2021
Links for October 8, 2021
- 08. Meet the little-known genius who helped make Pixar possible — WIRED
Meet the little-known genius who helped make Pixar possible — WIRED
- 12. Birth of BASIC
Birth of BASIC - YouTube
- 12. Links for September 12, 2021
Links for September 12, 2021
- 12. RenderWare: The Engine that Powered an Era | Retrohistories - YouTube
RenderWare: The Engine that Powered an Era | Retrohistories - YouTube
- 28. Links for August 28, 2021
Links for August 28, 2021
- 28. Why are hyperlinks blue?
Why are hyperlinks blue? | The Mozilla Blog
- 22. Links for August 22, 2021
Links for August 22, 2021
- 22. Tons of details about the System 1!
Holding out for My Hero: The Sega System 1
- 13. Operating Systems: Timeline and Family Tree - over 800!
Operating Systems: Timeline and Family Tree
- 13. Links for August 13, 2021
Links for August 13, 2021
- 08. Links for August 8, 2021
Links for August 8, 2021
- 08. Bandstand… BAND STAND
How American Bandstand Changed American Culture: Revisit Scenes from the Iconic Music Show
- 06. Links for August 6, 2021
Links for August 6, 2021
- 06. I’m a bit behind on posting this. Such an influential and moving song.
Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" Turns 50
- 06. How the Other Half Live: paintings of stately homes 1
How the Other Half Live: paintings of stately homes 1
- 11. Links for July 11, 2021
Links for July 11, 2021
- 11. Our education system is in desperate need of reform.
Why We Need To Start Teaching History In Kindergarten
- 03. Links for July 3, 2021
Links for July 3, 2021
- 03. British landscape painting before Turner: 1800-1820
British landscape painting before Turner: 1800-1820
- 03. Are World's Fairs a Thing of the Past?
Are World's Fairs a Thing of the Past? The Role that Architecture Played on One of History's Biggest Stages
- 03. In Memoriam John Crome: Revolt in the provinces 2
In Memoriam John Crome: Revolt in the provinces 2
- 03. Rebirth: The rise of narrative painting
Rebirth: The rise of narrative painting
- 26. Links for June 26, 2021
Links for June 26, 2021
- 26. I had a MiniDisc player, and it was excellent, especially for the time.
The Story of the MiniDisc, Sony's 1990s Audio Format That's Gone But Not Forgotten | Open Culture
- 24. Links for June 24, 2021
Links for June 24, 2021
- 24. Behold the Astronomicum Caesareum, "Perhaps the Most Beautiful Scientific Book Ever Printed” (1540)
Behold the Astronomicum Caesareum, "Perhaps the Most Beautiful Scientific Book Ever Printed” (1540) | Open Culture
- 24. Still Life History: 5 The rise of Impressionism
Still Life History: 5 The rise of Impressionism
- 19. Links for June 19, 2021
Links for June 19, 2021
- 19. Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 1
Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 1
- 16. Why paint a still life? 1 Warming up
Why paint a still life? 1 Warming up
- 16. Links for June 16, 2021
Links for June 16, 2021
- 14. Links for June 14, 2021
Links for June 14, 2021
- 14. Every time I see “The Milkmaid” by Vermeer I’m stunned at how amazing it is. I need to paint more.
Something’s cooking: Paintings of the kitchen
- 30. There’s something very simple, clean and beautiful about still life painting
Why paint a still life? 3 Therapy – The Eclectic Light Company
- 30. Links for May 30, 2021
Links for May 30, 2021
- 29. Links for May 29, 2021
Links for May 29, 2021
- 29. I don’t know how @howardnoakley manages to produce such detailed history on painting, but I’m sure glad he does.
Painting Within Tent: Marianne North’s plants of the world 2
- 28. The History of Tattoos Gets Beautifully Documented in a New Book by Legendary Tattoo Artist Henk Schiffmacher (1730-1970)
The History of Tattoos Gets Beautifully Documented in a New Book by Legendary Tattoo Artist Henk Schiffmacher (1730-1970) | Open Culture
- 28. Links for May 28, 2021
Links for May 28, 2021
- 28. In 1955, epidemiologist Thomas Francis Jr. announced the results of a field trial of the polio vaccine that Jonas Salk had develop
‘The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America’
- 23. The making of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600
How I Spent My Summer of 1982
- 23. Links for May 23, 2021
Links for May 23, 2021
- 23. Woah, now that’s a bug.
Case Study 4: The $440 Million Software Error at Knight Capital
- 12. Links for May 12, 2021
Links for May 12, 2021
- 12. Tina Turner Delivers a Blistering Live Performance of "Proud Mary" on Italian TV (1971)
Tina Turner Delivers a Blistering Live Performance of "Proud Mary" on Italian TV (1971) | Open Culture
- 09. Links for May 9, 2021
Links for May 9, 2021
- 09. Superbly detailed history of the techno music genre
Beatport's Definitive History of Techno
- 29. How rendering of the surface texture of fabrics changed during the southern Renaissance, and new techniques were exported to the north.
Rebirth: Fabrics and materials
- 29. Links for April 29, 2021
Links for April 29, 2021
- 27. Links for April 27, 2021
Links for April 27, 2021
- 27. ok, so this article says to stop using the term, but then the history about the term that it links to literally says it is gender neutral. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What do you all think?
‘Guys’ is not gender-neutral, let’s stop using it
- 11. Links for April 11, 2021
Links for April 11, 2021
- 11. The Miasma Theory Was Wrong but Led to Smart Sanitation
The Miasma Theory Was Wrong but Led to Smart Sanitation | ArchDaily
- 27. Links for March 27, 2021
Links for March 27, 2021
- 27. This short-form history is super interesting, and necessary for future generations to consume all the existing knowledge, but I wonder if some of the detail a nuance is lost forever.
Animation explains Martin Luther and the Reformation in under 5 minutes
- 14. Links for March 14, 2021
Links for March 14, 2021
- 14. There Should Be No Computer Art (1971)
There Should Be No Computer Art (1971)
- 14. “Escaping Criticism” is really exceptional
Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 1
- 14. Fantastic landscape paintings of Australia
The gold-digger who painted Australia: 1 From Vienna to Victoria
- 14. Goddess of the Week: Thetis, Achilles’ mother
Goddess of the Week: Thetis, Achilles’ mother
- 14. Tons of playable DOS games!
Dos.Zone
- 08. Links for March 8, 2021
Links for March 8, 2021
- 08. Beautiful pottery, and functional. There’s so much talent and expertise on display is this video.
Watch a Korean Master Craftsman Make a Kimchi Pot by Hand, All According to Ancient Tradition
- 08. Such an iconic performance. Really neat to hear his thoughts.
Jimi Hendrix Revisits His Searing Performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: The Dick Cavett Show (September 9, 1969)
- 08. Wow this is amazing. I have to admit though, I didn’t click the link because if I had you might never hear from me again.
Fonts in Use: Enter a Giant Archive of Typography, Featuring 12,618 Typefaces | Open Culture
- 07. Fewer Farmers Are Growing Hawaii's 'Miracle Food' Taro Despite Growing Demand
Fewer Farmers Are Growing Hawaii's 'Miracle Food' Taro Despite Growing Demand
- 07. Links for March 7, 2021
Links for March 7, 2021
- 06. I learned to program on a ZX81. It was exciting, fun and sometimes frustrating (that keyboard!)
The 40-Year-Old Version: ZX81's sleek plastic case shows no sign of middle-aged spread • The Register
- 06. Links for March 6, 2021
Links for March 6, 2021
- 03. Links for March 3, 2021
Links for March 3, 2021
- 03. Paintings of the Four Elements: 1 to 1600
Paintings of the Four Elements: 1 to 1600
- 25. Mountains are always gorgeous (just ask Bob Ross), and the ones in this post are no exception
Painting Within Tent: John Auldjo’s ascent of Mont Blanc
- 25. Links for February 25, 2021
Links for February 25, 2021
- 24. Great mid-level dive into the architecture of the Playstation 2 Architecture
Playstation 2 Architecture | A Practical Analysis
- 24. Links for February 24, 2021
Links for February 24, 2021
- 21. Was there art before the Renaissance?
Rebirth: 1 Was there art before the Renaissance?
- 21. Links for February 21, 2021
Links for February 21, 2021
- 21. Global deforestation peaked in the 1980s. Can we bring it to an end?
Global deforestation peaked in the 1980s. Can we bring it to an end?
- 17. Links for February 17, 2021
Links for February 17, 2021
- 17. All Your Base is 20
All Your Base is 20
- 15. Links for February 15, 2021
Links for February 15, 2021
- 15. I have to visit next time I’m on O’ahu.
Ali’iolani Hale
- 15. Great video!
The Birth of Hip Hop | The Kid Should See This
- 15. I love the history of Silicon Valley - there’s a small patch still there in Sunnyvale.
Orchard Heritage Park – Sunnyvale, California - Gastro Obscura
- 08. I didn’t know there was a pneumatic tattoo gun.
History of Tattoos Timeline
- 08. Links for February 8, 2021
Links for February 8, 2021
- 07. Hypocrisy and the Filibuster
Hypocrisy and the Filibuster
- 07. Links for February 7, 2021
Links for February 7, 2021
- 07. U.S. Presidential Voting History from 1976-2020 (Animated Map)
U.S. Presidential Voting History from 1976-2020 (Animated Map)
- 07. Étretat, cradle of Impressionism 1 Before 1880
Étretat, cradle of Impressionism 1 Before 1880
- 01. Links for February 1, 2021
Links for February 1, 2021
- 01. I would like to show you a rabbit hole all about libraries. Have fun.
9 Oldest Libraries in the World
- 30. Links for January 30, 2021
Links for January 30, 2021
- 30. The California watch face is one of my favorites.
The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces
- 20. Links for January 20, 2021
Links for January 20, 2021
- 20. I really love his use of color in his painting, especially in “Shipwrecked”. The darkness of the background and lightness of the wave splashes really makes it all pop.
The Painter of the Moment, Eugène Lepoittevin
- 18. Wikipedia is 20.
The other tech giant - Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher | International | The Economist
- 18. Links for January 18, 2021
Links for January 18, 2021
- 18. iTunes may have its flaws, but it’s still a powerhouse.
iTunes at 20: How One App Changed Apple's Course - The Mac Security Blog
- 18. Goddesses of the Week: The Charites or Graces
Goddesses of the Week: The Charites or Graces
- 12. Links for January 12, 2021
Links for January 12, 2021
- 12. I love that RetroGamers are a thing.
Castlevania III Password Algorithm
- 01. Links for January 1, 2021
Links for January 1, 2021
- 01. I hadn’t realized that the revenue from Nintendo’s mobile platforms was so much larger than their consoles.
Switch to Success: 20 Years of Nintendo Console Sales
- 21. What does it mean to be Native Hawaiian?
Nāiwi 001: Mililani Bernadette Trask | by Rosehill | Oct, 2020 | Medium
- 21. Links for November 21, 2020
Links for November 21, 2020
- 27. I’ve been by here multiple times, I had no idea the first internet transmission was sent from here!
Alpine Inn – Portola Valley, California - Gastro Obscura
- 27. Links for September 27, 2020
Links for September 27, 2020
- 25. Links for September 25, 2020
Links for September 25, 2020
- 25. I went down a Slush Puppie rabbit hole.
A Brief History of the Slush Puppie | Mental Floss
- 20. Links for September 20, 2020
Links for September 20, 2020
- 20. Terrifying, honestly.
J. Robert Oppenheimer Explains How He Recited a Line from Bhagavad Gita--"Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds"--Upon Witnessing the First Nuclear Explosion | Open Culture
- 02. The Met's Timeline of Art History
- 22. Everything you should have leard in history class.
- 06. WWII: Guadalcanal
- 05. The history of flash, as told by it's father.
- 12. Betty Holberton dead.
- 11. 20 year old newsgroups posts at Google
- 07. Pearl Harbor
- 2022-01World's First Microprocessor
- 2022-01The Epic of Collier Heights
- 2022-01The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
- 2022-01The Loss of an Icon: A Closer Look
- 2022-01A Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Found & Translated | Open Culture
- 2022-01Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 3 Return to Ithaca
- 2021-12What is Art Deco Architecture?
- 2021-12Smaller Is Sometimes Better: Why Electronic Components Are So Tiny
- 2021-12Characters in Painted Stories: 8 Tragedy, Orestes 2
- 2021-12On the Mythologizing of United States History
- 2021-12Inventor of AppleScript, William Cook passed away. ☹️
- 2021-11Maybe White People Should Feel Bad
- 2021-10Impressionist painting in Britain: 12 George Clausen
- 2021-10Transplanting the Mac’s Central Processor: Gary Davidian and His 68000 Emulator - CHM
- 2021-10Landscape Composition: 7 Turner’s revolution
- 2021-10Impressionist painting in Britain: 9 Edward Stott
- 2021-10Painting the surreal before Surrealism 2
- 2021-10The Evolution of Kandinsky's Painting: A Journey from Realism to Vibrant Abstraction Over 46 Years | Open Culture
- 2021-10Landscape Composition: 2 Beginnings
- 2021-10Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Artist
- 2021-10Black Women, Sanderson Farms, and the Strike for Better Conditions
- 2021-10Meet the little-known genius who helped make Pixar possible — WIRED
- 2021-09Birth of BASIC - YouTube
- 2021-09RenderWare: The Engine that Powered an Era | Retrohistories - YouTube
- 2021-08Why are hyperlinks blue? | The Mozilla Blog
- 2021-08Holding out for My Hero: The Sega System 1
- 2021-08Watch the First Two Hours of MTV's Inaugural Broadcast (August 1, 1981) | Open Culture
- 2021-08Robert Johnson House
- 2021-08Operating Systems: Timeline and Family Tree
- 2021-08How American Bandstand Changed American Culture: Revisit Scenes from the Iconic Music Show
- 2021-08Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" Turns 50
- 2021-08How the Other Half Live: paintings of stately homes 1
- 2021-07Marjorie Taylor Greene and Republican Anti-history - The Atlantic
- 2021-07How Caravaggio Painted: A Re-Creation of the Great Master's Process | Open Culture
- 2021-07Why We Need To Start Teaching History In Kindergarten
- 2021-07British landscape painting before Turner: 1800-1820
- 2021-0725 Years of CSS
- 2021-07Are World's Fairs a Thing of the Past? The Role that Architecture Played on One of History's Biggest Stages
- 2021-07In Memoriam John Crome: Revolt in the provinces 2
- 2021-07Rebirth: The rise of narrative painting
- 2021-06The Story of the MiniDisc, Sony's 1990s Audio Format That's Gone But Not Forgotten | Open Culture
- 2021-06Behold the Astronomicum Caesareum, "Perhaps the Most Beautiful Scientific Book Ever Printed” (1540) | Open Culture
- 2021-06Still Life History: 5 The rise of Impressionism
- 2021-06Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 1
- 2021-06Nostalgic, interesting and certainly a little creepy.
- 2021-06Why paint a still life? 1 Warming up
- 2021-06Something’s cooking: Paintings of the kitchen
- 2021-06The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Healing Historical Racial Trauma
- 2021-05Why paint a still life? 3 Therapy – The Eclectic Light Company
- 2021-05Painting Within Tent: Marianne North’s plants of the world 2
- 2021-05The History of Tattoos Gets Beautifully Documented in a New Book by Legendary Tattoo Artist Henk Schiffmacher (1730-1970) | Open Culture
- 2021-05‘The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America’
- 2021-0530 Years of Browsers: A Quick History
- 2021-05How I Spent My Summer of 1982
- 2021-05Case Study 4: The $440 Million Software Error at Knight Capital
- 2021-05Spacewar! On PDP-11 Restoration
- 2021-05Tina Turner Delivers a Blistering Live Performance of "Proud Mary" on Italian TV (1971) | Open Culture
- 2021-05Beatport's Definitive History of Techno
- 2021-05plan9foundation/plan9
- 2021-05Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 1 - YouTube
- 2021-04Rebirth: Fabrics and materials
- 2021-04‘Guys’ is not gender-neutral, let’s stop using it
- 2021-04The history of UTF-8 as told by Rob Pike
- 2021-04The Miasma Theory Was Wrong but Led to Smart Sanitation | ArchDaily
- 2021-04Black Soldiers and the Civil War
- 2021-03Animation explains Martin Luther and the Reformation in under 5 minutes
- 2021-03The Life and Work of Mary Church Terrell
- 2021-03There Should Be No Computer Art (1971)
- 2021-03Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 1
- 2021-03The gold-digger who painted Australia: 1 From Vienna to Victoria
- 2021-03Goddess of the Week: Thetis, Achilles’ mother
- 2021-03Dos.Zone
- 2021-03Five African-American inventors who improved the world
- 2021-03Watch a Korean Master Craftsman Make a Kimchi Pot by Hand, All According to Ancient Tradition
- 2021-03Jimi Hendrix Revisits His Searing Performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: The Dick Cavett Show (September 9, 1969)
- 2021-03Fonts in Use: Enter a Giant Archive of Typography, Featuring 12,618 Typefaces | Open Culture
- 2021-03Fewer Farmers Are Growing Hawaii's 'Miracle Food' Taro Despite Growing Demand
- 2021-03The 40-Year-Old Version: ZX81's sleek plastic case shows no sign of middle-aged spread • The Register
- 2021-03Paintings of the Four Elements: 1 to 1600
- 2021-03The Death of a Retailer
- 2021-02Painting Within Tent: John Auldjo’s ascent of Mont Blanc
- 2021-02Playstation 2 Architecture | A Practical Analysis
- 2021-02Rebirth: 1 Was there art before the Renaissance?
- 2021-02Global deforestation peaked in the 1980s. Can we bring it to an end?
- 2021-02All Your Base is 20
- 2021-02Ali’iolani Hale
- 2021-02The Birth of Hip Hop | The Kid Should See This
- 2021-02Orchard Heritage Park – Sunnyvale, California - Gastro Obscura
- 2021-02History of Tattoos Timeline
- 2021-02Hypocrisy and the Filibuster
- 2021-02U.S. Presidential Voting History from 1976-2020 (Animated Map)
- 2021-02Étretat, cradle of Impressionism 1 Before 1880
- 2021-029 Oldest Libraries in the World
- 2021-01A History of Rome in Paintings: 24 The Senate
- 2021-01The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces
- 2021-01Apple celebrates Black History Month
- 2021-01The Painter of the Moment, Eugène Lepoittevin
- 2021-01The other tech giant - Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher | International | The Economist
- 2021-01A History of Rome in Paintings: 22 The Colosseum
- 2021-01iTunes at 20: How One App Changed Apple's Course - The Mac Security Blog