This day in history

2020, 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001

#20yrsago Vernor Vinge in the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/02/technology/a-scientist-s-art-computer-fiction.html

#20yrsago Bruce Perens on Dmitry Sklyarov https://web.archive.org/web/20011023092940/https://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2800985,00.html

#15yrsago Five things about blogs that no one ever needs to say again https://stevenberlinjohnson.com/five-things-all-sane-people-agree-on-about-blogs-and-mainstream-journalism-so-can-we-stop-talking-ea0f75b3c163

#10yrsago Missouri State business-school professor leads successful campaign to ban Slaughterhouse-Five from local schools https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/29/slaughterhouse-five-banned-us-school

#10yrsago Gingrich’s million Twitter followers: “80% dummy accounts, 10% paid followers” https://www.gawker.com/5826645/most-of-newt-gingrichs-twitter-followers-are-fake

#10yrsago Wisconsin Democratic voters targeted with Koch-funded absentee ballot notices advising them to vote 2 days after the recall election https://www.politico.com/blogs/david-catanese/2011/08/afp-wisconsin-ballots-have-late-return-date-037977

#10yrsago Castles made from human hair https://inhabitat.com/artist-uses-human-hair-to-construct-a-castle-of-3000-bricks/