NYPL Labs : Stereogranimator
january 2012 by mtowber
Create and share animated GIFs and 3D anaglyphs using more than 40,000 stereographs from The New York Public Library.
animation
art
history
photography
gifs
libraries
january 2012 by mtowber
What went right and what went wrong | MetaFilter
march 2011 by mtowber
"For the 25th Game Developers Conference, organizers hosted several postmortems for classic games such as Out Of This World, Doom, and Maniac Mansion."
games
history
metafilter
presentations
videos
march 2011 by mtowber
The future, for a little while anyway | MetaFilter
march 2011 by mtowber
"A collection of game and CG tech demos through the age"
animation
design
graphics
history
technology
march 2011 by mtowber
Digital Comic Museum
september 2010 by mtowber
"We are the #1 site for downloading FREE public domain Golden Age Comics."
comics
reference
art
history
archive
september 2010 by mtowber
Why @ Is Held in Such High Design Esteem - NYTimes.com
march 2010 by mtowber
"The French and Italians have nicknamed it the “snail.” The Norwegians have plumped for “pig’s tail,” the Germans “monkey’s tail,” and the Chinese “little mouse.” The Russians think of it as a dog, and the Finns as a slumbering cat."
technology
articles
history
march 2010 by mtowber
Sensorama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
january 2010 by mtowber
"The Sensorama was a machine that is one of the earliest known examples of immersive, multi-sensory (now known as multimodal) technology."
technology
history
wikipedia
january 2010 by mtowber
cyoa viz
november 2009 by mtowber
analyzing the hell out of choose your own adventure books
visualization
books
design
history
articles
inspiration
november 2009 by mtowber
Every single Capcom arcade game
november 2009 by mtowber
"Every single Capcom arcade game listed in chronological order! I think they are all here but if anyone spots any omissions then let me know if you like. I have now added an emulation compatability column which is correct as far as I am aware. Let me know if you think any info is missing or inaccurate."
games
arcade
history
november 2009 by mtowber
Back of the Cereal Box: It’s a Secret to Everybody
july 2009 by mtowber
Video game name etymology
games
history
july 2009 by mtowber
flashterm_
june 2009 by mtowber
ANSI capable telnet terminal... ProComm Plus, eat your heart out
webapp
history
june 2009 by mtowber
Gallery of Data Visualization - Timelines
december 2008 by mtowber
"How can you show the details of a history visually? Time provides one obvious dimension. What else can you show to tell the story? Most timeline charts use a 2D representation, time x {place or theme}. Some are more successful in integrating additional dimensions.
design
visualization
history
maps
reference
december 2008 by mtowber
chewing pixels » Control Freak
december 2008 by mtowber
"This graphical representation of the evolution of game controllers is neat." Agree
visualization
games
history
december 2008 by mtowber
ATMachine's House of LucasArts and Sierra Oddities
december 2008 by mtowber
much classic goodness - i'm fairly obsessed with adventure games recently.
gamedev
games
history
december 2008 by mtowber
Photographs of old computers
december 2008 by mtowber
nice to see my first computer again: the zenith eazy-pc.
design
reference
technology
history
december 2008 by mtowber
Gallery: A History of Microsoft Windows
november 2008 by mtowber
windows through the ages... looking through windows... windows through time, &c, &c, &c
ui
windows
history
technology
november 2008 by mtowber
Vectrex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2008 by mtowber
"Unlike other video game consoles, which connected to televisions and rendered raster graphics, the Vectrex has an integrated vector monitor which displays vector graphics. The monochrome Vectrex uses screen overlays to give the illusion of color."
games
history
october 2008 by mtowber
Lost Format Preservation Society
october 2008 by mtowber
"The society was founded in 2000 with the design of Emigre issue no. 57. It's sole purpose is to save formats from obscurity."
technology
history
design
reference
october 2008 by mtowber
Boxer: Mac-Friendly DOS Emulation
september 2008 by mtowber
"Boxer is a DOS game emulator for OS X, built around the powerful DOSBox.
games
history
software
mac
september 2008 by mtowber
Moving Pictures
september 2008 by mtowber
"Each series is comprised of either a single photobooth strip or multiple photogbooth images of the same person--sometimes, as is the case with the first and last series, taken over the course of many years."
photography
history
september 2008 by mtowber
The Archive on Vimeo
august 2008 by mtowber
"Paul Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world's largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell his collection."
music
history
documentary
videos
records
august 2008 by mtowber
Wanderlust: GOOD traces the most famous trips in history
august 2008 by mtowber
"GOOD maps out history's greatest journeys, from Magellan to Kerouac."
maps
travel
design
visualization
literature
education
history
august 2008 by mtowber
The Map of Early Modern London
august 2008 by mtowber
"Now the city being like a vast sea, full of gusts, fearful-dangerous shelves and rocks, ready at every storm to sink and cast away the weak and unexperienced bark . . . I, like another Columbus or Drake . . . have drawn you this chart or map for your guide as well out of mine own as my many friends experience." (Henry Peacham, The Art of Living in London [1643])
maps
london
history
reference
august 2008 by mtowber
100 Club Punk Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
may 2008 by mtowber
"100 Club Punk Festival was a two-day event held at the 100 Club - a typically jazz-oriented venue in Oxford Street, London, England - on September 21 and 22, 1976."
music
history
may 2008 by mtowber
El Lissitzky (1890-1941)
april 2008 by mtowber
"El (Elizar or Lazar or Eliezer) Marcovich Lissitzky was a designer, typographer, artist, photographer, architect, and teacher (among other jobs)."
art
design
people
inspiration
russia
history
april 2008 by mtowber
Fluxus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
april 2008 by mtowber
1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style...4. Fluxus is fun. Humour has always been an important element in Fluxus.
art
history
community
philosophy
inspiration
april 2008 by mtowber
Doug Engelbart: The Demo
april 2008 by mtowber
the demo to end all demos...a.k.a. king of demos...a.k.a. goddemo...
technology
history
ui
ux
videos
april 2008 by mtowber
Bow Street Runner
april 2008 by mtowber
historical adventure game from channel 4
flash
games
history
april 2008 by mtowber
Welcome to Mosaic Communications Corporation!
march 2008 by mtowber
great/nostalgic/knee-slapping view of the mosaic corp's homepage, circa 1994. <font size="+3">, indeed.
internet
history
webdesign
html
march 2008 by mtowber
Vintage Logos - a photoset on Flickr
march 2008 by mtowber
"Collection of vintage logos from a mid-70's edition of the book World of Logotypes."
design
history
inspiration
business
march 2008 by mtowber
Feb. 27, 1812: Rage, Rage Against the Industrial Age
february 2008 by mtowber
"The Frame Breaking Act made it a capital offense for anyone convicted of "machine breaking," the willful destruction of mechanized looms and cloth-finishing machinery and other new devices that were eliminating jobs."
history
technology
activism
conflict
february 2008 by mtowber
Radical America
february 2008 by mtowber
@ Brown's Center for Digital Initiatives (lots of other keen things too)
activism
history
february 2008 by mtowber
Vorticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
february 2008 by mtowber
"Though the style grew out of Cubism, it is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age and all things modern..." Plus, published the journal "Blast"
art
uk
history
zines
february 2008 by mtowber
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