This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#15yrsago BBC podcast: what’s the future of the BBC’s archive? https://web.archive.org/web/20120807022406/http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/08/backstage_podca.html

#15yrsago Original proposal for William Gibson’s Spook Country http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/WG_Proposal._V32619082_.pdf

#10yrsago Wild stuff they’ll teach in Louisiana’s publicly funded charter schools https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/08/photos-evangelical-curricula-louisiana-tax-dollars/

#10yrsago Curiosity landing is a bonanza for YouTube ContentID copyfraudsters https://memex.craphound.com/2012/08/08/curiosity-landing-is-a-bonanza-for-youtube-contentid-copyfraudsters/

#10yrsago Every one of Rudy Rucker’s short stories on one web-page for free https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2012/08/07/my-complete-stories-online/

#10yrsago Who will buy the WELL? https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/08/the-well-corporation-community.html

#10yrsago Call centre brings in prison labour at £3/day, fires regular workers https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/aug/08/prisoners-call-centre-fired-staff

#5yrsago Toronto’s amazing science fiction library, the Merril Collection, has a new head librarian…