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Atlantic Monthly Article - "Living With a Computer" - A wonderful trip down memory lane. This article appeared in the Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1982.
Babel Fish - Translation software for Web pages.
Computer History Museum Home Page - Located in Mountain View, California, this is the world's largest and most significant history museum for preserving and presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the human experience.
Computer Languages History - An interesting site devoted to the history of computer languages; contains a neat timeline graphic (1954 to 2008) and further information for specific languages.
Computer Stupidities - A large collection of stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users. It's baffling to see otherwise intelligent people lose their smarts around computers.
ComputerBob - Making Geek-Speak Chic - A general geek site which contains news, guides, software, reviews, help, PC support, and just plain old fun. "ComputerBob" has switched to using Debian Linux full-time, and his journal documenting his experience ("My Debian Adventure") is a great read.
Computerworld Article - "25 Computer Products That Refuse To Die' - A trip down memory lane. A look back at the once-hot computer products, and what has happened to them. (2009)
Directory of Open Access Journals - The aim of this project is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo - 1968 public demonstration of the online system, NLS, that included the mouse, hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, and network communication. Excellent computer history site.
Eniac-on-a-Chip Project - Re-creation of the original ENIAC computer on a a 7.44 by 5.29 sq. mm chip. Interesting links to the ENIAC history are included on the site.
Groklaw - The Daemon, the GNU & the Penguin - Online Book - A comprehensive history of Free and Open Source by Dr. Peter Salus. (2005-2007)
Groklaw Article - "On Newspapers and Google: What's the Real Problem Here? What Do Readers Want?" - Groklaw takes a look at the current state of journalism and newspapers. (2009)
Internet FAQ Archives - Online Education - An archive of Usenet FAQ postings plus FAQs from other sources. N.B.: There are Linux-related FAQs in the Documents link -http://www.faqs.org/docs/ - but many of them have not been updated in a while.
Jargon File Resources - Eric Raymond's index of all the Web resources associated with the Jargon File and its print version, The New Hacker's Dictionary. Latest version is 4.4.7, 2003-12-29.
LWN: The Kernel Hacker's Bookshelf: Ultimate Physical Limits of Computation - A fascinating article about the limits of computing power using the "ultimate" laptop as the example for the calculations. (2008)
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable -- Clay Shirky - A fantastic read. Don't miss this. It covers the newspaper business and the Internet as a disruptive technology perfectly. (2009)
Old Computers - A site dedicated to preservation and display of vintage computer systems. There are links to old computer ads, other computer collections, vintage computers and parts for sale or trade, and other cool links.
Open Channel Foundation - Publishes open source software from universities and research institutions.
Open Source Hardware 2009 - The Definitive Guide to Open Source Hardware Projects - This guide contains a treasure trove of open source hardware projects organized into 19 subject areas. Like free software in Linux, these projects make available the source, schematics, firmware, software, list of materials, parts list, drawings and "board" files to recreate the hardware. They also allow any use, including commercial.
Open Source and These United States - Treatise on open source and open licensing.
PLoS - Public Library of Science - This is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. There are currently 7 online scientific and medical journals available on this site.
PlanetMath - A collaborative encyclopaedia with articles and papers contributed under the GNU FDL.
Regular-Expressions.info - A resource site for regular expressions (regexes), including tutorials, specialized tools and utilities for working with regexes, as well as samples, books, and reference tools about regexes.
Roedy Green's Computer Buyer's Glossary - A handy glossary of hardware targeting first time buyers; primarily for Win/Tel computers.
Sentient Computing Project Home Page - Using sensors and resource status data to maintain a model of the world which is shared between users and applications.
System Administrator Appreciation Day - An annual event to honour all those hard-working system administrators.
The Computer History Simulation Project - A loose, Internet-based collective of people interested in restoring historically significant computer hardware and software systems by simulation.
The Degree Confluence Project - The goal of the project is to organize a sampling of the world by visiting each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections and taking pictures at each location.
The National Museum of Computing - This museum is based at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated to collecting and restoring historic computer systems, and contains the largest collection of functional historic computers (from the 1940's through the 1990's). It also includes a rebuilt Colossus, the world's first electronic programmable computer, which was used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II.
The Open-Source Science Project - Fostering Innovation From the Ground Up - The fundamental goal of this project is to render transparent the black-box of scientific research by affording all individuals an opportunity to both access and participate directly in the scientific research process.
U n i x Power - A Unix information portal; includes FAQs, beginner information, security, news, and magazines and publications.
UNIX history - An interesting site devoted to the history of UNIX; contains a timeline graphic for UNIX (1969 to 2006) plus links to UNIX people, UNIX lawsuits, and links for further information on UNIX.
Urban Dictionary - A good place to find acronyms often used in email, IRC / chat rooms, text messaging, and forums.
Vintage Computer Festival - An international event that celebrates the history of computing. Website also available in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.