Here are some old New Jersey maps, available online. Take a look at this map of southern New Jersey made by Dutch settlers in
1669. The Dutch labeled Cape May "Cabo May." Take a look at Delaware Bay. The Dutch called it Godyn's Bay. This
1709 map shows a division between east and west New Jersey. Probably most interesting of all is
this map from 1795. Here, you can see archaic names of towns. What is now Pennington was once called "Pennytown." Lawrenceville was once called "Maidenhead." What is today called Hightstown was once called "Hiatstown." How about that little island off the southwestern New Jersey coast, Egg Island? Is that even there anymore?
posted by candasartan
on Feb 10, 2012 -
23 comments
Here is an artifact of the old internet: "Somewhere in the picture below we have cleverly hidden a can of spam. If you think you've found the spam, click on it to find out if you're right. You probably don't think there is any spam in the picture, but look closely. Most people only find the spam after staring intently at the picture for several hours.
"
Good luck and find that spam!"
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posted by JHarris
on Dec 2, 2011 -
71 comments
The Grand Generation (1993 - 27 min.) is a warm and inspiring portrait of six elderly Americans whose vigor belies their age. The film is a cogent reminder that most of us probably don't hear nearly enough of what the very oldest among us have to say.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on May 4, 2010 -
7 comments
Anglo-Saxon Aloud: Daily readings (and podcasts) from the Complete Corpus of Anglo Saxon Poetry, presented by Prof. Michael Drout, Wheaton College. For those that like to read along, the Corpus presented in
text (no translation, though).
posted by Chrischris
on Mar 20, 2010 -
18 comments
Expiration Notice is an on-line magazine dedicated to work by emerging photographers over 35. An interesting counterpoint to the usual hyping of "young and emerging artists."
(via)
posted by klausness
on May 6, 2009 -
4 comments
User
El_Greco of the SkyscaperCity Forum presents
"Lost London", an absolutely stunning photographic thread of old London architecture.
posted by 6am
on Feb 25, 2009 -
21 comments
Poladroid is a free app for your mac that lets you drag an image onto the polaroid camera in the corner of your screen. it then spits out a polaroid image that develops on your desktop. there's a
flickr group for these shots already.
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posted by krautland
on Nov 19, 2008 -
39 comments
Like sprites? The People's Sprites has the most extensive repository of old game pixel art I've ever seen. Some good examples from:
Battletoads,
Excitebike,
Final Fantasy GBA,
Mega Man,
Metal Slug,
Mortal Kombat,
Punch-Out,
River City Ransom,
Shinobi,
Samurai Shodown,
Super Mario Kart,
Super Mario World, and my favorite,
Super Metroid.
Hundreds more at the site, plus
original and
public domain ones.
posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Mar 30, 2008 -
17 comments
Pink Floyd fans may not need no education but
Gilmourish, an exhaustive review of the guitars and audio effects of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour (with help from an insider), will leave most comfortably numb.
posted by punkfloyd
on Oct 19, 2007 -
35 comments
Interviews with 100-year-olds:
(
Short): Quick NPR interview with a guy who works on Wall Street.
(
Medium): A series of small segments with the oldest graduate of Gilbert High School.
(
Long): Part of
WFMU's 365 day project. Restored tape from 1978, on which it appears a young student is interviewing an old lady from Kansas.
posted by Alex404
on Aug 12, 2007 -
8 comments
Before RSS and personalized aggregators such as
Personalized Google and
NetVibes, there was
CRAYON, a service that allowed you to "CReAte Your Own Newspaper" by providing a page with links to chosen sources. [mi]
posted by divabat
on Mar 28, 2007 -
11 comments
The Open Secret. "They were a light in the dark ... This is who and what I am; this is my tribe — and, look, I’m famous and life is fun". Matthew Parris sings the praises of those old British poofs, the camp, safe, funny gays that your mum liked. All together now
I'm Free! more more
posted by grahamwell
on Mar 18, 2007 -
35 comments
The Internet Before its Time. Telidon was a novel "two-way TV" system that debuted in Canada in 1978. It used
NAPLPS, a basic vector-graphics protocol, for presentation and operated over a 1200 bps modem. It was never a commercial or technological success, but I was 10, it was 1981 and I was playing hangman...
ONLINE.
posted by GuyZero
on Mar 30, 2006 -
25 comments
Out along old Route 66 in
Northern
Arizona is Canyon Diablo. Best known for its
large meteor crater, the
canyon and its surroundings contain another fantastic story. It begins in the mid 1870’s with a
Apache raid on the Navajo that ended in the
gruesome death
of some 50 Apaches trapped in what is now called
“The Apache Death
Cave”. The story picks up about 10 years later in 1880 when the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad ran out of money at the
canyon’s edge. Unable to progress any further a
make shift boom
town grew up over night. Said to be more dangerous than
Tombstone
and
Dodge City
combined, the first sheriff appointed at 3pm was dead by 8pm that same night.
The city of
Canyon Diablo
lasted 10 grizzly years, ending only when the US Army was dispatched to gain
control over the murder, theft and prostitution that ran rampant. The story
continues in 1920 at the inception of Route 66.
Harry E.
(Indian) Miller, opens up one of
the first and what would become one of the most elaborate
Route 66 trading posts/gas
station/curio shop/ tourist attractions. Named
Two Guns, it was
complete with
Hopi
made buildings, a gas station,
a well-lit “
Death Cave”
, a
“zoo” of filled with the local fauna. and lots of
colorful characters.
In a short time, the roadside stop began to take on what many by that time
calling the curse of Canyon Diablo.
Shady business deals, fires,
maimings, and murder abounded. After several attempts thru the 50’s and
60’s to rebuild ,all that is left is a
crumbling,
beautiful husk.
posted by BrodieShadeTree
on Feb 21, 2006 -
28 comments
B - Lite He is white. He is blind. He is a rapper with an old school sound. And he may worship Satan.
Sea Cruise is my fave but MeFiers will probably dig Wall - Mart. Mp3s on right.
posted by vronsky
on Nov 20, 2005 -
22 comments
So BoingBoing recently linked to this fantastic comic book serial from the 60s entitled "This Godless Communism," a surprisingly in-depth (and hilariously slanted) history of the rise of the USSR, its leaders, and their philosophies. It's great, but it is far from the only thing on the site, the
Authentic History Center. Just looking at the other comics and cartoons they have, there is a huge amount of
ancient political cartoons, fantastic
WWII-military-themed comic strips(surprisingly good!), and
generally awesome period-relevant comic book covers, some of which link to full comics (
Donald Duck's Atom Bomb?!). There is a collection of embarassing
shows of race-sploitation in comics in the 70s, and the
racist toys and artifacts section would make Archie Bunker blush (
Chop Suey Specs!). Guaranteed to make you wince and chin-stroke simultaneously.
posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Jul 11, 2005 -
43 comments
