Tag Archives: history
links for 2009-11-30: the old neighbourhood
Sydenham Town Forum London SE26 :: View topic – Sydenham Road in old photos impressive collection of pictures (photos, sketches, paintings) of the old neighbourhood (tags: sydenham history SE26)
links for 2007-12-18: cylinder preservation
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project really old audio recording archive (via Bruce Sterling) (tags: music audio wax-cylinder history mp3)
smoking ruins
From a thread at sydenham.org.uk — my local discussion forum — with lots of pictures of the Crystal Palace, which stood on Sydenham Hill after it was moved from Hyde Park after the Great Exhibition of 1851, until it was … more…
links for 2007-12-06: Mysterious maps, Morrissey
Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers | Reuters Why did the mapmaker name the territory America and then change his mind later? How was he able to draw South America so accurately? Why did he put a … more…
links for 2007-10-13: Delirious Moscow
Delirious Moscow Owen Hatherley frames the history of the USSR as space opera, and is noticed with approval by William Gibson. Who wouldn’t be pleased? (tags: architecture History movies scifi USSR)
links for 2007-09-12: falling man
The Falling Man – Esquire “In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, … more…
Tesla’s Tower
Damn Interesting » Tesla’s Tower of Power “In this system that I have invented, it is necessary for the machine to get a grip of the earth,” he explained, “otherwise it cannot shake the earth. It has to have a … more…
links for 2007-03-22: The Trap
BBC – BBC TWO – EVERYTHING – NOISE – The Trap The new Adam Curtis series, which sits somewhere between The Century of The Self and The Power of Nightmares, overlapping its themes with both of them. (tags: Economics history … more…
links for 2007-02-12: the first photograph
The First Photograph Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826 (via wood s lot) (tags: photography history)