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Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica
Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica "In 1977, DEC introduced the VAX, a new line of minicomputers that featured a 32-bit instruction set architecture and virtual memory. Its operating system, VMS, was a...
A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo - New England Historical Society
A Brief History of the Plastic Pink Flamingo - New England Historical Society "Then in the 1930s another invention put Leominster on the path of birthing the plastic pink flamingo. A German-American named Samuel Foster started a company called Foster...
Brockham Bonfire
Brockham Bonfire "Remember, remember the Fifth of November." Early November is bonfire season in England, commemorating the discovery and thwarting of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Sussex and Surrey, south of London, host the...
Life of Beth -- Nostalgia Sunday: Hymns
Nostalgia Sunday: Hymns Beth, a university student, discusses the hymns she sang as a student at a Church of England primary school. A couple are familiar from my years at an Episcopal-affiliated school -- "Kumbaya My Lord," "He's got the...
New England Baptists drop 'Southern,' keep the faith - The Boston Globe
New England Baptists drop 'Southern,' keep the faith - The Boston Globe A snarky take on Southern Baptist rebranding in the North, from 2014: "Two years ago, messengers (that's Baptist-speak for delegates) voted to allow churches to call themselves Great...
Lessons in longevity from Nicholas Parsons - UnHerd
Lessons in longevity from Nicholas Parsons - UnHerd Nicholas Parsons, host of the BBC Radio 4 panel quiz "Just A Minute" since its debut in 1967, has died this week at the age of 96. Simon Evans ponders his longevity....
Part of Sir Isaac Newton's Manuscripts Were Written in Greek | Greek Reporter Europe
Part of Sir Isaac Newton's Manuscripts Were Written in Greek | Greek Reporter Europe "The notebooks in which Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much of classical science is based were partly written in Greek, proving that in...
The James Herriot centenary: a vet who changed his profession
The James Herriot centenary: a vet who changed his profession - Telegraph "...there's a phenomenon known as "the Herriot effect" that's blamed for the huge increase in popularity of the career as a vet which started in the mid-Seventies. Back...
The Plot Against the Principality of Sealand
The Plot Against the Principality of Sealand No relation, but this is a fascinating story of a micronation and the attempt to hijack it for nefarious purposes. "Michael Bates was caught off guard by a newspaper item he read in...
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online In order to provide for increasing demand for homes in the southeast of England after World War II, without encouraging further sprawl outward from London, the British government...
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