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typefully.com

Why do we need dithering?

Before we all mute the word ‘dithering’, here's why we needed to dither digital images in the first place.

byte.tsundoku.io

Byte Magazine: a visual archive

A zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE: a monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe.

wreflection.com

AI’s dial-up era

We’re in 1995 again. This time with Artificial Intelligence.

dotcom.press

A brief history of domains

This year, dot com turned 40. Nearly a billion domains have been registered during that period.

pauladamsmith.com

Classic 8×8-pixel Mac patterns

The original 8×8-pixel patterns that were in the original Control Panel for setting the desktop background and in MacPaint as fill patterns.

ikeamuseum.com

IKEA Museum

Browse IKEA catalogues through the ages, reflecting different eras and lifestyles—a goldmine for the nostalgic, design enthusiasts and history buffs.

elgoog.im

elgooG: the long lost Google easter eggs

We restore, unearth, and occasionally create interactive Google Easter eggs.

pessimistsarchive.org

Pessimists archive

An archive of historical technological pessimism.

dansinker.com

The amazing art of the video game marquee

The marquee back then had to do a lot of work, because the games themselves were all low resolution and blocky affairs.

addyosmani.com

A history of our browser

Chrome turns 17 this week, and it feels like a good time to reflect on how far we have come in terms of Chromes guiding principles.

theguardian.com

American ads of the 1930s—in pictures

The end of prohibition but also the start of the Great Depression and the looming threat of war. What a mix.

baldurbjarnason.com

The melancholy of history rhyming

The “AI” Bubble feels more like the all-encompassing wasteland that was the 2007 bubble in Iceland than anything else.

bradfrost.com

The history of themeable user interfaces

A full-ish history of user interfaces that can be themed to meet the opportunities and constraints of the time.

bdayrecap.com

Birthday headlines

What was happening in the world on the day you were born?

adobe.design

The evolution of five of Adobe’s iconic icons

How time and circumstance have transformed these legendary in-app symbols.

thehistoryoftheweb.com

We are still the web

They missed what was right in front of them. The audience.

win32.run

Windows XP Professional

If you're feeling nostalgic: Windows XP in the browser, but with a File System and comes with it, Programs.

aresluna.org

Frame of preference

A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.

youtube.com

100 years of history in 100 films

A look at the past century through a cinematic lens.

simplesite.ayra.ch

A simple website

This website uses technologies not available at the time the content here is about.