Archive for the 'nostalgia' Category

Picked up Names on the Land again tonight, apposite.

My favorite Henson show from when I was little. Probably worth checking out again.

Moriah's new bike.

Aieee! to Zzzzwap!

"The history of recorded music in Chicago during the 20th century was broad and deep, traversing sonic areas both familiar and unknown."

Podcast of historical oddities in short bursts.

"Black Knight brought pinball to a new level, literally speaking because it was among the first games with ramps and elevated flippers, but even more importantly because it brought a new challenge that drew in and solidified a pinball crowd. In doing so it also set the pinball market on a path that would eventually lead to its demise."

I think the Internet really came into its own in August 1998, with the birth of the Hamster Dance, which is older than Slashdot.

Beautiful manual for the Olivetti Lettera 22. Especially like the last graphic, indicating which fingers use which keys.

NYTimes slideshow of moon landing photos by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Also notable for having a tip-top slideshow player.

Cary Grant's 14 chapter autobiography serialized in Ladies Home Journal in 1963.

Footage mostly of Astaire in "The Band Wagon," with "Smooth Criminal" as the soundtrack.

Century+ old fixie tricks by "Neidert."

A collection of books of historical illustration and decoration. via agfa8x, more or less.