Technology Before the 21st Century

At the Museum of RetroTechnology you can view the technology of the past. Look at the mechanical analog computer worked, steam powered bicycles, compressed air gramophones, and the ammonia motor. Find out what they were capable of and how they were used. The site provides insight into where we were and how we got where we are today. Lest you become to critical of the past, just think about this time next century when folks are looking back at our archaic computing technology, lack of functional ground or air transportation, and our dependence on fossil fuels for energy.

Engineering TravelGuide

The National Society of Professional Engineers and National Engineers Week have come up with a Sightseer's Guide to Engineering. The sponsors maintain that nearly everything that makes our lives easier, more fun, and more productive, have been designed by engineers. The sight has info about many places in the country where this is evident. A brief description of the location and then why it is interesting from an engineering point of view accompanies each reference.

Memorial Day from Kim Komando

A lot of sites I post on these blogs are sited by Kim Komando, computer maven of the radio waves, in various newsletters that I receive from her. She also has a website that can be most informative to those seeking additional computer knowledge. This is her Memorial Day site from last May (See how far behind I am with my posts?) that she put together. It contains links to many sources dealing with the history of Memorial Day and the wars since the inception of the holiday.