Why you won't see MLK's most famous speech on the news
january 2009 by jimray
One of the most powerful pieces of American history is locked away because of copyright.
copyright
dumb
history
civilrights
tumbl
january 2009 by jimray
Ars has a really great breakdown of the White House email system
may 2008 by jimray
And, more interestingly, how the Bush administration failed at basic accounting of that email system as required by the Federal Records Act
government
corruption
email
history
legal
politics
tumbl
may 2008 by jimray
Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller
february 2008 by jimray
Kottke has a quick but great writeup on rent parties, a tradition out of Harlem for dealing with rapidly rising rents and, I suspect, prohibition.
history
nyc
jazz
music
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Flickr teams up with the Library of Congress
january 2008 by jimray
Flickr users will be able to tag and describe LOC archived photos
libraries
awesome
flickr
photography
history
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
The CIA's FOIA site
june 2007 by jimray
Where to get the "family jewels" report
cia
government
foia
media
history
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
The Metropolitan Museum's new Greek and Roman galleries
june 2007 by jimray
Some really nice multimedia and panorama work, fellas
multimedia
media
nytimes
newspapers
museums
history
june 2007 by jimray
Goatse.cx is for sale!
april 2007 by jimray
Own a piece of Internet history
tumbl
internet
history
awesome
porn
april 2007 by jimray
Paleo-Future - a look in to the future that never was
april 2007 by jimray
What people in the past thought the future would be like
via:magnetbox
funny
scifi
retro
history
april 2007 by jimray
Early Kodachrome images
february 2007 by jimray
Yeah, the political posturing gets a little tiresome, but these are brilliant images!
photography
history
awesome
february 2007 by jimray
Footnote: The place for original source documents online.
october 2006 by jimray
Original source documents and tools to use 'em. Nifty.
research
history
via:magnetbox
october 2006 by jimray
America's longest war
september 2006 by jimray
The Economist looks at September 11 five years later
war
september11
media
politics
culture
history
september 2006 by jimray
Google Groups: comp.os.minix
august 2006 by jimray
15 years ago today, Linus announced that he was working on Linux. "Simply, I'd say that porting is impossible."
linux
history
august 2006 by jimray
Rethinking Schools - Map Game
august 2006 by jimray
War is truly God's way of teaching Americans about geography
education
flash
games
history
politics
war
online
august 2006 by jimray
Damn Interesting » Earth's Artificial Ring: Project West Ford
august 2006 by jimray
In the late 50's, the US tried to blanket the earth atmosphere with tiny copper needles to create a redundant ionosphere for shortwave radio communications, in case the Russians cut our terrestrial cables. Crazy.
astronomy
history
military
radio
science
space
coldwar
via:anildash
august 2006 by jimray
3 Percent Fee On Cell Phones Started 107 Years Ago
january 2006 by jimray
Part of your cell phone bill goes to funding the Spanish American war - and it looks like it might get repealed!
war
dumb
politics
taxes
history
government
january 2006 by jimray
UNC's letter to Sun Microsystems proposing to build SunSite aka Metalab aka ibiblio
october 2005 by jimray
" Many days we have experienced over 100 ftp sessions in a 24 hour" - heh. Happy birthday, metalab!
unc
ibiblio
sun
history
internet
october 2005 by jimray
The Ten Stupidest Utopias!
september 2005 by jimray
Good to see "postwar American suburbs" and the Internets on there
culture
history
politics
society
science
september 2005 by jimray
Digital camera turns 30
september 2005 by jimray
Kodak really dropped the ball by not owning that market a decade ago
history
photography
september 2005 by jimray
Confounding Machines: How the Future Looked - New York Times
august 2005 by jimray
"Television ... is the greatest means of communication ever developed by the mind of man. It should do more to develop friendly neighbors, and to bring understanding and peace on earth."
technology
history
august 2005 by jimray
Harpers on the plight of being a Christian in America
august 2005 by jimray
Truth be told, this paradox crops up in more arenas than just religion
religion
culture
war
history
education
politics
august 2005 by jimray
Oral Histories From Sept. 11 Compiled by the New York Fire Department - The New York Times
august 2005 by jimray
Without all the crappy proprietary video encodes you get from *some* news websites
media
september11
history
august 2005 by jimray
Things that are not in the U.S. Constitution
august 2005 by jimray
Privacy, separation of church and state, explicit voting rights and marriage, among others
government
history
politics
law
august 2005 by jimray
An unimpassioned look at the shuttle
august 2005 by jimray
With a great historical perspective I had never heard
government
history
nasa
politics
science
space
august 2005 by jimray
Censored Japan A-bomb stories published
june 2005 by jimray
Story behind the censored Nagasaki stories - a stunning example how freedom dies in war time
history
wwii
censorship
media
via:/.
june 2005 by jimray
A Nagasaki report
june 2005 by jimray
The first foreign journalist in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped -- his original report was censored and is now coming to light
censorship
history
japan
wwii
media
via:/.
war
photography
politics
june 2005 by jimray
Apple.com through the years
june 2005 by jimray
Including when they got hacked a while back
via:drewvigal
apple
design
web
history
june 2005 by jimray
Canon Camera Museum
march 2005 by jimray
Canon rigs through the years [via airbag]
photography
history
design
march 2005 by jimray
A biased history of interactive media
february 2005 by jimray
It's good to know your history
multimedia
history
february 2005 by jimray
Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror
february 2005 by jimray
Downhill Battle's site was lawyer-grammed away [via boingboing]
copyright
history
civilrights
bittorrent
february 2005 by jimray
Some civil rights groups want "Eyes on the Prize" off P2P
january 2005 by jimray
You know, there's some brutal fucking irony to a civil rights group halting the publication of this. Fire up those bittorrent clients while you still can!
bittorrent
civilrights
history
media
dumb
copyright
january 2005 by jimray
Eyes on the Screen
january 2005 by jimray
"Eyes on the Prize" has been locked up in copyright hell for years - help set it free [via waxy]
civilrights
media
copyright
history
january 2005 by jimray
What al-Qaeda wants to accomplish
september 2004 by jimray
Nice analysis with some great historical insight
history
politics
terrorism
september 2004 by jimray
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