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Wolfgang Stief<p>Hier gibt es doch bestimmt auch Menschen mit Ahnung in Architekturgeschichte: mit welchen europäischen Stadtplanern ab so grob der Gründerzeit bis heute lohnt es denn, sich mal eine Weile zu beschäftigen? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technikgeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technikgeschichte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
IHC<p>🆕 Congratulations to Ricardo Noronha, PI of the project '<a href="https://masto.pt/tags/PETROSINES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PETROSINES</span></a> — Peripheral Petromodernity. A Global Microhistory of the Sines Area Project (1971-1999)', one of only six History projects selected for funfing by FCT on its latest call.</p><p>👉 We tell you more here: <a href="https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/ricardo-noronha-petromodernidade/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/ricardo-noronh</span><span class="invisible">a-petromodernidade/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Sines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EconomicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Modernity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modernity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaEcon%C3%B3mica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaEconómica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaDaTecnologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaDaTecnologia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Petr%C3%B3leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petróleo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Modernidade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modernidade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Hist%C3%B3riaContempor%C3%A2nea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistóriaContemporânea</span></a></p>
Chris Henrick<p>Notes on the history of the “map tile” by Ingrid Burrington:</p><p><a href="https://placing.technology/notes-on-the-history-of-the-map-tile" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">placing.technology/notes-on-th</span><span class="invisible">e-history-of-the-map-tile</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/techHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techHistory</span></a></p>
Aashik J Krishnan<p>Nicola Pellow: The Quiet Hero of the Web</p><p>At 21, while still a student, she built the first cross-platform browser, letting the web go global. Then she disappeared.</p><p>Who remembers her today? Almost no one.</p><p>I wrote my longest post since 2016 to honour her and the quiet women who shaped tech.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://blogs.aashgates.com/index.php?post/2025/07/05/The-Unseen-Pioneer%3A-Nicola-Pellow-and-the-Dawn-of-the-Web" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.aashgates.com/index.php?</span><span class="invisible">post/2025/07/05/The-Unseen-Pioneer%3A-Nicola-Pellow-and-the-Dawn-of-the-Web</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AashGatesWrites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AashGatesWrites</span></a></p>
zeldman<p>Timeline: the origins of digital paint and draw software, and the tools that were developed to allow for hand drawing and painting: the mouse, light pen, and drawing tablet.</p><p>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@codepo8" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>codepo8</span></a></span> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mouse</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/LightPen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LightPen</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/DrawingTablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrawingTablet</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kristenroos.ca/timeline" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kristenroos.ca/timeline</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> nerd side note:</p><p>One outcome of the 2001 antitrust case against BorgSoft was to stop them making all web browsing on Windows depend on Internet Exploiter. The Safari WebView on iThings does *exactly* what BorgSoft were forbidden from doing.</p><p>I'm guessing Goggle use various backhanded tricks to push app devs into using the Chrome WebView on Android. We're certainly at risk of future enshittification making it compulsory there too.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AntiMonopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMonopoly</span></a> prosecutors take note.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AntiTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTrust</span></a></p>
Wolfgang StiefCampingurlaub. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/onepicaday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onepicaday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/techhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhistory</a>
Wolfgang Stief<p>»Advances in silicon and processing technologies now give us clock speeds in excess of 40 MHz and chips with 1 million transistors!«</p><p>Source: Victor K. L. Huang – High-Performance Microprocessors: The RISC Dilemma, in “IEEE Micro August 1989 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/risc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Eine Runde Internet-Geschichte, frisch von der Gulaschprogrammiernacht: "Kein Quantum Trost: Wie ein Firefox an einer Chromium-Vergiftung zugrunde ging." Darin: ein unterhaltsamer, historischer Abriss der Geschichte des Web-Browsers von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@LustigerLeo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LustigerLeo</span></a></span> Enjoy: <a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-64-kein-quantum-trost-wie-ein-firefox-an-einer-chromium-vergiftung-zugrunde-ging" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-64-kein-q</span><span class="invisible">uantum-trost-wie-ein-firefox-an-einer-chromium-vergiftung-zugrunde-ging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technikgeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technikgeschichte</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gpn23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gpn23</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Ngā mihi harikoa ki a koutou, mo te rā whakatā ā-ture o Matariki.</p><p>Happy Matariki public holiday everyone.</p><p>In Te Reo Māori, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Matariki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matariki</span></a> is the name of a star cluster known in English as the Seven Sisters. Subaru to the Japanese. Pleiades to astronomers, and ancient Greeks and Romans.</p><p>For Māori, seeing Matariki in the night sky marks the start of a new year. As winter solstice passes, a time to reflect on the year ended, and envision the year to come.</p><p>In that spirit, a little <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> ...</p>
FreeBSD Foundation<p>Celebrating FreeBSD Day with a look back at the story behind our iconic BSD Daemon, Beastie! </p><p>Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick walks us through how this legendary figure got its name, debunks the "demon" myth, and brings BSD culture to life with humor, history, and culture gems.</p><p>🎥 Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: <a href="https://youtu.be/bKAp9Wremd0?si=_7QylTMDku8WyXFr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/bKAp9Wremd0?si=_7QylT</span><span class="invisible">MDku8WyXFr</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBSDDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSDDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BSDDaemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDDaemon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beastie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beastie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Hack the Planet: 90s Hacker Culture vs. Today's AI Devs</p><p><a href="https://gizvault.com/archives/hack-the-planet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizvault.com/archives/hack-the</span><span class="invisible">-planet</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackThePlanet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90sHackerCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90sHackerCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIDevs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCulture</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Just discovered a second podcast called Decentered (the name of the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wedistribute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wedistribute</span></a></span> podcast). Listening to their fantastic interview with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rabble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rabble</span></a></span> from Nos.social. Where he talks a lot less about the history of Titter, and a lot more about the history of Indymedia, and his more recent work with decentralised social media;</p><p><a href="https://decentered.co.uk/building-participatory-media-with-evan-henshaw-plath-aka-rabble/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decentered.co.uk/building-part</span><span class="invisible">icipatory-media-with-evan-henshaw-plath-aka-rabble/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Decentered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Indymedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indymedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/IndependentMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralisation</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indymedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indymedia</span></a></span></p>
Hacker News<p>What MS-DOS Can Do That Linux Can't</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.me/geocities/SiliconValley/2072/dosvslnx.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">webarchive.me/geocities/Silico</span><span class="invisible">nValley/2072/dosvslnx.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxComparison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxComparison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommandLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommandLine</span></a></p>
Wolfgang StiefAbschmierdienst. Gesehen im Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge Chemnitz. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/onepicaday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onepicaday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/technikgeschichte?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technikgeschichte</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/techhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhistory</a>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Dear Computer History people: I'm searching for books covering the history of the MIT Media Lab.The only one I found so far is "The Media Lab" by Stewart Brand, released in 1988. So a bit dated. Are you aware of other titles, which also cover the time AFTER 1988? It might be titles on other subjects but with a significant amount on the MIT Media Lab.</p><p>Edit: There is some material on their website as well: <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/about/history/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">media.mit.edu/about/history/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medialab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medialab</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>Some of you probably remember WAIS. An Internet search engine from the Gopher era (more specific: a search protocol). TIL: Thinking Machines (those with the massive red blinkenlights servers) were the main driver and developer of WAIS: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_area_information_server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_are</span><span class="invisible">a_information_server</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wais</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinkingmachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkingmachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/connectionmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connectionmachine</span></a></p>
Magnus Hedemark<p>Camera flash could crash the Raspberry Pi 2! The "Xenon Death Flash" is one of tech's weirdest bugs. How a community solved it (with Blu-Tack!) 📸💥</p><p><a href="https://pmpt.us/wTMMz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://pmpt.us/wTMMz</a></p><p><a href="https://pompat.us/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://pompat.us/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pompat.us/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electronics</span></a></p>
Assn for Computing Machinery<p>On May 22, 1980, the original Pac-Man made its debut and quickly became more than just an arcade hit—it marked a milestone in computing. It demonstrated early AI with ghosts that followed distinct behavioral algorithms, pushed real-time processing on limited hardware, and showcased intuitive, user-friendly design. It also was an example of early cross-platform development. A lot of fun, and a leap forward in computing!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/PacMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Wolfgang StiefSchweißtrafo. Zu sehen im Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge Chemnitz. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/onepicaday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onepicaday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/technikgeschichte?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technikgeschichte</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/techhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhistory</a>