Does a pound of history amount to a hill of beans? Starbucks seems to think so. It’s pushing the history angle pretty hard in its 40th anniversary marketing campaign.
April 20, 2011
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Category Archives: Anniversaries
March 13, 2009
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Briefly Noted: FOSS Culture; Digital Humanities Calendar; Guardian API; WWW Turns 20
GNOME Foundation executive director Stormy Peters has some advice on bridging the gap between institutional and open source cultures. Useful reading for digital humanities centers and cultural heritage institutions looking to participate in open source software development. Amanda French has … Continue reading
December 15, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Honest Abe
Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum & Library explores our ongoing fascination with Abraham Lincoln with 21st Century Abe. Launching officially on Lincoln’s bicentennial on February 12, 2009, the site will present reflections on Lincoln’s legacy by leading scholars and artists. More interesting … Continue reading
January 12, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Years Ago
I have a confession to make. I actually subscribe to very few of the amateur history blogs I mention here on Found History. 10 Years Ago looks like an exception. According to it’s German author, “Every day a historic event … Continue reading
December 18, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Happy Birthday “Blog”
Yesterday was supposedly the tenth anniversary of the coining of the word “blog.” These kinds of anniversaries (of terms, practices, social phenomena) make for very easy newspaper copy and very bad history. It’s obviously impossible to date the first time … Continue reading
April 12, 2007
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Yuri
Today Google marks the 46th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space launch with another one of its commemorative logos. Clicking on it takes you to search results for “yuri AND gagarin”.
December 12, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Tops of 2006
Yesterday Sharon inadvertently reminded me that we’re coming up on Found History‘s first anniversary by sending me a link to this list of the top five movie posters of 2006. Not only is the link a good fit for the … Continue reading
May 12, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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The Big Foot Riders of Wounded Knee
Rocketboom had a piece this week on the Big Foot Riders of Wounded Knee. For the past 19 years, a group of Lakota men have completed a ceremonial ride along the path Chief Big Foot followed from Bull Head, North … Continue reading
April 24, 2006
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Google, Miro, and Commemoration
I’m sure many of you noticed the recent controversy over Google’s use of Spanish surrealist Joan Miro’s work in a logo commemorating the 113th anniversary of the artist’s birth. Intended by Google as a “tribute” to Miro’s “extraordinary contribution,” the … Continue reading
December 21, 2005
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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History and the New Year
When I launched Found History over the weekend, I didn’t fully appreciate the timing. It only occurred to me yesterday in the supermarket that late-December is a great time to start collecting examples of non-professional history. For the next two … Continue reading