digital history
Inside the Intense, Insular World of AOL Disc Collecting
Most people threw out all those "50 Hours Free!" CD-ROMs that were everywhere in the 90s, but a select few collectors made it their mission to hoard hundreds or thousands of the discs.
An Oral History of the First Cyberfeminists
VNS Matrix emerged from the cyberswamp during one Australian summer in 1991, on a mission to hijack the toys from technocowboys and remap cyberculture with a feminist bent.
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Toasting the 20th Anniversary of the First 'Exclusive' Digital Download
Thank Aerosmith. Yes, fucking Aerosmith.
Farting Angels and Ass-Slapping Aristocrats: A Web Archive Reveals the Weird Side of the French Revolution
Scroll through 14,000 newly released images of angel farts, guillotine humor, and historic Sad Keanus.
A New Law Will Allow Teens to Erase Their Digital History
Starting in 2015, California will require web companies to expunge content at a minor’s request.
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