Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: history

110 bookmarks tagged “history

Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library

theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library
Piece dating from 1760s, probably composed when Mozart was in his early teens, uncovered by researchers in Leipzig

Infinite Mac

infinitemac.org/
A classic Mac loaded with everything you'd want.

The Pentium as a Navajo weaving

righto.com/2024/08/pentium-navajo-fairchild-shiprock.html
Hurrying through the National Gallery of Art five minutes before closing, I passed a Navajo weaving with a complex abstract pattern. Suddenl...

Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad?

dwell.com/article/dtc-sofa-crisis-32304b9e
The most important piece of furniture in your home is in need of assistance. How did we end up here? And how can we fix it?

Stolen formula for capacitors causing computers to burn out

independent.co.uk/news/business/news/stolen-formula-for-capacitors-causing-computers-to-burn-out-106907.html
A scientist steals a secret formula for an electrical product from his Japanese employer and takes it to China. Then it is stolen again and turns up in Taiwan. But something goes wrong - and thousands, perhaps millions, of computers and electrical goods in the West begin to burn out or explode. via absolument tout

Block Telethon 1992 — the day we ‘pissed on pity’ | by Georgia | Medium

medium.com/@theNDACA/block-telethon-1992-the-day-we-pissed-on-pity-69117b03825a
The Telethon was a 24-hour charity broadcast which raised money for disabled people — and patronised them in the process. The campaign to rid TV screens of ITV’s Telethon began in early summer 1990…

Whole Earth Index

wholeearth.info/
Here lies a nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications, a series of journals and magazines descended from the Whole Earth Catalog, published by Stewart Brand and the POINT Foundation between 1970 and 2002.

New Word Order : A Neologisms Quiz

monkeon.co.uk/new-word-order/
Can you put the words and phrases into the order they first appeared?

Column: Why a medieval peasant got more vacation time than you | Reuters

reuters.com/article/us-column-great-debate/column-why-a-medieval-peasant-got-more-vacation-time-than-you-idUKBRE97S0KU20130829
Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite his reputation as a miserable wretch, you might envy him one thing: his vacations...