What is Pixel Art and Who Invented It?
I grew up on 8-bit games and their aesthetic has for me nostalgic values. I’m certainly not alone in that case and it even became… Read More »What is Pixel Art and Who Invented It?
I grew up on 8-bit games and their aesthetic has for me nostalgic values. I’m certainly not alone in that case and it even became… Read More »What is Pixel Art and Who Invented It?
A recent tragedy has brought back the Titanic in the news. Beyond people discussing once more about James Cameron’s movie, there were back jokes and… Read More »Who Designed The Titanic?
Born Augusta Ada Byron, Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and author who seemed for a long time fated to be forgotten, like so many women… Read More »Ada Lovelace, The Countess Who Knew How To Code
Since when do we put our history in public places for the world to visit against a little fee? You go to the museum to… Read More »What Was the First Museum?
You may think I’m old, but do you remember the Married… With Childen episode in which Peg took Al’s TV remote control to get what… Read More »Who Invented the TV Remote Control?
Nowadays, typewriters are looked at with some kind of nostalgic romanticism, artifacts of a bygone era. Strangely enough, we have relegated them to a museum… Read More »Who Invented the Typewriter?
I recently rewatched the documentary Obit. (2016) about the people at the New York Times who wrote the obituaries. I find it entertaining and inspirational… Read More »Who Invented the Slinky?
Born in 1885, Rachel Mary Parsons came from a wealthy family full of brilliant minds—her father invented the steam turbine, her grandfather built giant telescope,… Read More »Rachel Mary Parsons: Wealthy Heiress, Engineer, and Militant
The other day I wrote about the invention of the Soda. I only put one line in my article about the creation of Coca-Cola, but… Read More »Who Invented Coca-Cola?
Sometime I feel like I’m a bit obessed by Christmas as I already wrote about who invented it, what was the first Christmas movie, and… Read More »The Origins of the First Christmas Card, A Victorian Tradition
I recently had to upgrade my phone. Too old, the apps couldn’t update anymore, I needed a more recent operating system. That bring back memories… Read More »What was the First Operating System?
After watching a video about science-fiction books on youtube, I got recommended a video about keeping a common place book made by the same person.… Read More »Who Invented the Commonplace Book?