History, Far and Wide

Today’s lunchtime news chum brings you a collection of posts all related to history. Yes, I could wait until tonight, but some of these are so good I’ve just gotta share…

• A History of Everything, Pixar. Strange, warped, but oddly sensical… here’s a unified theory of how all the Pixar movies are actually in the same universe.
• Computer History. Turning to computer history, here’s a history of how the Control-Alt-Del keysequence came to be. In other computer news, Playbill announced a new musical, “IF – THEN”. It was hoping it would be a musical about the creation of FORTRAN or PL/I, but alas it isn’t.
• History Never Goes Away. A big topic in the news is the whole Zimmerman/Martin case and the reaction thereto. But for some, it is just same old-same old. Here’s an interesting contention: we’re still fighting the Civil War. This is certainly seen in the reaction against Obama. Remember: the South in the Civil War didn’t like Lincoln because he came up from nothing — trash elected President. They preferred leaders who came from money, power, and in particular, powerful families. Hmmmmm.
• Transit History. Those who know me know I’m familiar with highway and transit history, and that Los Angeles once had a great transportation system that withered away (due to poor maintenance, not any conspiracy)… and there were plans for a much bigger system than we currently have. It’s getting better, but it takes time. Here’s another one that got away: San Francisco’s Subway System That Almost Was.

 

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