The history of sample-based music is intertwined with a 1969 funk instrumental track by the name of “Amen Brother.” The seemingly innocuous B-side by The Winstons gave birth to the most important drum break in history: the amen break. You’ve … Read more
After the release of Windows 1.0 on the 20th of November in 1985, Tandy Trower had precious little time to come up with a sequel. He had roughly 18 months to be slightly more precise. His first tasks were those … Read more
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I’m investigating the applicability of the IETF’s DDoS Open ThreatSignaling (DOTS) specifications[1] to the needs of privacy-preservingoverlay networks, including VPNs but with particular interest in Tor. Specifically, now that the July 2022 D/DoS attack has finally come to aclose, I’m … Read more
No one knows exactly how or when coffee was discovered, though there are many legends about its origin. An Ethiopian Legend Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, … Read more
The August Coup, an attempted Soviet coup d’état, Moscow, 1991. Wikimedia Commons. ‘The powerful of one era are not the same as those of the preceding one’ Levi Roach, Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Exeter and … Read more
If you have more than a few microservices, their interdependencies get hard to reason about. I worked for a few years on a project to manage and control microservice dependencies and to make sure it would be possible to turn … Read more
Everything about history and evolution of videogames! Site Search (use this search bar to find exact word on these pages) (you may need to refresh page to search) This is website about history of video games and video games “Firsts”. … Read more
Book Description The study of the history of CGI (computer generated imagery) is an important part of understanding the evolution of our discipline of computer graphics and allows us to gain a respect for the key developments that have brought … Read more
History of Web Browser Engines from 1990 until today ← Sitemap Many tried, few remain… Last updated: October 2022 The loss of browser diversity since the rise of Chromium has been greatly lamented. Below you can find a graph that … Read more