July 2012 - Members - lists.sigcis.org

Re: [SIGCIS-Members] First photo on the web?
by Janet Abbate 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

More computer trivia: If you watch the "Collider" video included in the article, you can see a retro girl group from CERN singing around a Cray "loveseat" computer.

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Agrippa Challenge
by Matthew Kirschenbaum 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

This may bring back memories for some-- http://www.crackingagrippa.net/ (Note: although it builds on some of my earlier work, I am not affiliated with the contest.) -- Matthew Kirschenbaum Associate Professor of English Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) University of Maryland 301-405-8505 or 301-314-7111 (fax) http://mkirschenbaum.net and @mkirschenbaum on Twitter The Track Changes project: http://trackchangesbook.tumblr.com/ I am on leave, Aug. 2011-12; please refer to my personal leave policies: http://mkirschenbaum.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/during-my-fellowship/

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First photo on the web?
by William McMillan 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

http://tinyurl.com/6qxku3c

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New donation: Early Ethernet diagram
by Dag Spicer 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor with Dave Boggs, of the Ethernet local area networking protocol, comments on last weeks' donation to CHM of a unique drawing made by Metcalfe at the start of the project. https://twitter.com/BobMetcalfe/status/219187738375749632/photo/1 Dag -- Dag Spicer | Senior Curator | Computer History Museum Editorial Board | Annals of the History of Computing 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. | Mountain View CA 94043 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 | Fax: +1 650 810 1055 Twitter: @ComputerHistory FB: facebook.com/computerhistory Technology married with the humanities makes our hearts sing. -- Steve Jobs

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CBI website "under (re)construction" . . .
by Thomas J. Misa 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

Hi all, 1. CBI's website is being reconstructed. The short version is that the University Libraries is shifting us to a Drupal-style site, which works for our "information" --- but not so well for our voluminous "content." Unusually, our website is down this entire weekend. Meantime . . . . 2. We have made a back-up copy of the existing CBI website <www.cbi.umn.edu> at: <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/>. So in theory, you should still be able to access the content ---> mapping the "old" URL to the "temporary" Netfiles URL. 3. Specifically . . . the **content** for oral histories, collections, research, etc. can be located as follows: • Oral Histories <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/oh> • Collections <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/collections/> • Research <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/research/> • Hosted Publications <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/hostedpublications/> [Price speech tool is 'out'] • Exhibits <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/exhibits/> [will need to reconstruct relative URLs] • Newsletter <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/newsletter.html> • Iterations [CBI online journal] <https://netfiles.umn.edu/cse/cbi/website/iterations/> • . . . and more • Online finding guide is the same <http://discover.lib.umn.edu/findaid/> 4. In short order, we'll have our old site on our new hosting service --- same old URL <www.cbi.umn.edu>. 5. You can also "like" us at <Facebook.com/BabbageInstitute>. Thanks for your understanding while we undergo these changes. ---Tom

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The MCS-4 Story
by Dag Spicer 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

The link in my previous post on the Intel MCS-4 Story didn't come through. Here it is: http://www.youtube.ng/watch?v=gPKZSuXAVMU Dag -- Dag Spicer | Senior Curator | Computer History Museum Editorial Board | Annals of the History of Computing 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. | Mountain View CA 94043 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 | Fax: +1 650 810 1055 Twitter: @ComputerHistory FB: facebook.com/computerhistory Technology married with the humanities makes our hearts sing. -- Steve Jobs

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