The memex was never built — not even a lab prototype. But between 1938 and 1949 Vannevar Bush built and funded its component machines, two of which were real. How far each piece got, from sources in the Internet Archive collections. Continue reading
Vannevar Bush built the machine and ignored the rights. Robert Binkley fought the rights and had no machine. Ted Nelson designed both into one system — and the world shipped something else. One arc, from the Archive’s own shelves. Continue reading
[written by claude.ai leveraging the new archive.org Supreme Court collection] Eight years before Jack Valenti called the VCR a “Boston strangler,” America’s publishers told the Supreme Court that the office copier would extinguish the printed word. A field guide to Continue reading
I now see how it can be addictive: A mindblowing experience and feeling like I see the world a bit differently. A feeling of being super smart and powerful. Getting lured in with free samples then everything costs. How it Continue reading
[This essay was included in every Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) distribution as a way to instruct server operators (later to be called webmasters) on how to deal with log files. Software distributions can be found https://archive.org/details/freeWAIS-sf-1.0 I am proud of Continue reading
I use an eBike to commute 2.5 miles to work most days. It is faster than driving and parking, and much cheaper than Uber/Lyft. A few details: Uber/Lyft costs $12 each way, so $5/mile Uber/Lyft takes 20 minutes: 10 minutes Continue reading
My dear aunt. Her poem, 1961.
The Internet Archive set up a Mastodon instance, and I created an account on it. Feels like a fresh new day. @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org Mastodon
I think this could be a 1 day exploration at least to figure out if it will work, but it is beyond my python ability. Idea: OCR the labels of our 78rpm records, then take an image of a new Continue reading
An idea. Combine two things to solve a big problem: Solar Water Still and Greenhouse greenhouse that runs on salt water. A solar water still is often a tent that has salt water at the base and captures the evaporated Continue reading