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Whatever Happened to the Semantic Web?

twobithistory.org/2018/05/27/semantic-web.html

• internet, tag
• history, tag
• article, tag
• semantic, tag
• decentralisation, tag
• metadata, tag
• microformats, tag
• ·5 years ago

It’s illegal to have an inaccessible website in Norway — and that’s good news for all of us

medium.com/confrere/its-illegal-to-have-an-inaccessible-website-in-norway-and-that-s-good-news-for-all-of-us-b59a9e929d54

• design, tag
• accessibility, tag
• compliance, tag
• history, tag
• legal, tag
• norway, tag
• ·6 years ago

When disabled people took to the streets to change the law - BBC News

bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34732084

• history, tag
• disability_culture, tag
• protest, tag
• social_justice, tag
• news, tag
• accessibility, tag
• laws, tag
• rights, tag
• ·6 years ago

How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/

In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, the country has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.

• culture, tag
• gun, tag
• violence, tag
• laws, tag
• history, tag
• crime, tag
• japan, tag
• ·6 years ago

IanVisits - Blog and What's On in London

ianvisits.co.uk/

Ian's quirky guide to cheap events in London updated daily, and regular blog about history, events and geeky interests.

• london, tag
• history, tag
• visit, tag
• guide, tag
• recommendations, tag
• ·6 years ago

The Oneida Utopia | Stuff You Missed in History

missedinhistory.com/podcasts/the-oneida-utopia.htm

“which led to the Oneida Community, an 1870s free love commune with a commitment to equality between genders, now a giant silverware company” (via @v21, @katbamkapow)

• commune, tag
• housework, tag
• politics, tag
• history, tag
• podcast, tag
• ·6 years ago

Damn Interesting

damninteresting.com/

A collection of fascinating true stories from history, science, and psychology. In text and podcast form.

• blog, tag
• psychology, tag
• history, tag
• science, tag
• economics, tag
• interesting, tag
• conversation, tag
• longform, tag
• ·7 years ago

Histography - Timeline of History

histography.io/

• history, tag
• interactive, tag
• inspiration, tag
• data_visualisation, tag
• timeline, tag
• ·7 years ago

Unseen Apollo

time.com/unseen-apollo/

These never-before-seen images provide a new perspective on the iconic mission

• space, tag
• nasa, tag
• photography, tag
• history, tag
• apollo, tag
• moon, tag
• ·7 years ago

River Thames frost fairs - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames_frost_fairs

• history, tag
• thames, tag
• trade, tag
• london, tag
• river, tag
• ·7 years ago

Great Stink - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink

• thames, tag
• london, tag
• history, tag
• river, tag
• pollution, tag
• ·7 years ago

A History of Braun Design, Part 1: Electric Shavers - Core77

core77.com/posts/24437/a-history-of-braun-design-part-1-electric-shavers-24437

• product_design, tag
• industrial_design, tag
• history, tag
• braun, tag
• ·7 years ago

From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog | The MIT Press

mitpress.mit.edu/books/airline-reservations-sonic-hedgehog

• book, tag
• to_read, tag
• software, tag
• history, tag
• computing, tag
• ·7 years ago

Our Comrade The Electron - Webstock Conference Talk

idlewords.com/talks/our_comrade_the_electron.htm

• talk, tag
• history, tag
• theremin, tag
• communism, tag
• electronics, tag
• ·7 years ago

Y’all, You’uns, Yinz, Youse: How Regional Dialects Are Fixing Standard English | Atlas Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/yall-youuns-yinz-youse-how-regional-dialects-are-fixing-standard-english

• english, tag
• language, tag
• linguistics, tag
• dialects, tag
• fix, tag
• old_english, tag
• history, tag
• scots, tag
• ·7 years ago

Software Heritage

softwareheritage.org/

• archive, tag
• software, tag
• computing, tag
• opensource, tag
• programming, tag
• history, tag
• code, tag
• data, tag
• technology, tag
• ·7 years ago

Conférence « La véridique histoire de l'arobase » par Marc Smith - YouTube

youtube.com/watch

Marc Smith, professeur de paléographie à l'École nationale des chartes, a donné une conférence, le mardi 29 janvier dernier, intitulée « La véridique histoir...

• lang:fr, tag
• talk, tag
• history, tag
• typography, tag
• at_sign, tag
• ·8 years ago

De rares photos en couleurs de Paris il y a 100 ans

huffingtonpost.fr/2015/12/13/photos-paris-couleurs-histoire_n_8797988.html

• photography, tag
• autochrome, tag
• colour, tag
• history, tag
• paris, tag
• ·8 years ago

Skyrock, le SOS Racisme des années 2000 - Quartiers XXI

quartiersxxi.org/skyrock-le-sos-racisme-des-annees-2000

• lang:fr, tag
• radio, tag
• skyrock, tag
• history, tag
• politics, tag
• depolitisation, tag
• ·8 years ago

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old - Issue 21: Information - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/21/information/the-future-of-the-web-is-100-years-old

The Earth may not be flat, but the web certainly is. “There is no ‘top’ to the World-Wide Web,” declared a 1992 foundational…

• internet, tag
• history, tag
• technology, tag
• web, tag
• ·8 years ago