one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

Project Cybersyn, the forgotten story of Chile’s “socialist internet”.

The web time forgot. How Paul Otlet, a Belgian, envisioned a steampunk ancestor of today’s hypertext.

The interface at Paris:Invisible City takes a bit of getting used to but it’s worth exploring.

From Glitch To Blog House – is electronic music more stagnant and conservative than we’d like to think?

Pirates of the Mediterranean, a fascinating op-ed piece from the New York Times recounting the attack by a loosely connected group of people on the Roman port at Ostia, followed by a massive deployment of forces, a near-draining of Roman coffers, a loss of personal freedoms and accusations of traitorship for those who didn’t toe the party line. Sounds familiar?

The history of electronic music’s Seventies pioneers and their influence up to our days.

Loads of old Belgian television archives viewable online, from Expo 58 reports to interviews with celebrities.

It’s been revealed that the Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the world’s oldest analog computer, was even more advanced than originally thought.

An interesting animated map showing who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history.

A gigantic archive of old-school hiphop flyers from the early eighties.

Today in “What have we learned from history?”: the Trojan Horse.

An absolute must-see performance: comedian Robert Newman on the history of oil. A fantastic blend of history, politics and stand-up comedy that will open your eyes.