The book reader of the future (April, 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics)
Posts Tagged → history
Part time virus hunters
“Overly melodramatic and cheesy Boston TV channel news report about a computer virus outbreak discovered by MIT nerds in 1998. Fun because they don’t just report on the virus – they interview geeks, and insert random clips from retro videogames and TV movies to illustrate what a virus is.”
[via dangerous minds]
You press the button…
Alway read about this but this is the first time I actually see it.
(via the guardian)
The World’s First Mobile Phone
A couple of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women experimenting with the first mobile phone.
(via Open Culture)
Learning Windows ‘95 with Greta
Windows ‘95 with Greta is the kind of stuff that makes me love the Internet. How else were we supposed to find this crazy stuff? Seriously, I’m grateful…
[via Dangerous Minds]
Historical Photography Brought to Life
Snow Piece
Yoko Ono, Snow Piece, 1963
[via André Brocatus was here…]
The Internet in 1995 on MTV News
(Via Driveby Blogging)
Victorian photo booth
(via Dangerous Minds)
Unexpected photos of historical figures
How books were made
This is how books used to be made…
(via Boing Boing)
The Responsive Eye
Before Brian De Palma became a movie director he made documentaries. This one is called “The Responsive Eye” and chronicles the Museum Of Modern Art’s 1965 exhibition of Op-Art…
[via]
Television Delivers People
Good stuff never gets old…
Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge 1899
Water Walk
John Cage performing Water Walk on a game show in 1960. Incredible stuff.
[via imrevolting]
Com-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-pu-puter
Mi-Sex‘s (New Zealand/Australian new wave rock band) promo-video for the hit single ‘Computer Games’. October 1979. I’m fascinated…
Jammed up tight by red traffic lights
Advance one level on green
These opportune commuters
They’re blasting on thier hooters
I fidget with the digit dots
Frustration rules out there
As the XU-1 connects the spot
But the matrix grid don’t care
[via 990000.tumblr.com]
Manzoni Owns Shit
Art History Poster. Brilliant!
The night John Lennon died
John Lennon died 29 years ago (8.12.1980). This is a radio scan of New York City radio from thath night…
[via aram squalls]
Dennis Hopper’s 1960s
Before he hit the road in Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper spent years photographing Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and other artists. View this amazing gallery on The Daily Beast (in this photo: Robert Rauschenberg with his tongue stamped “Wedding Souvenir, Claes Oldenburg,” 1966).