Footshooting

The intersection of 'secure everywhere', 'drop insufficiently secure protocols', and running obsolete applications/operating systems: I can't read the following URL on my laptop. https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/usenix09/tech/full_papers/toomey/toomey.pdf

Another pointless link post

Babbages Analytical Engine 

http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/contents.html

Another D*m Linkfest

Another random set of links, mostly via http://research.swtch.com

http://www.visual6502.org/

Includes visual simulations of a 6502 and a 6800 both written in JavaScript. Simulation is at the gate level and apparently includes propagation delays,

http://www.aturingmachine.com/

A physical implementation of a Turing Machine.

http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

Babbage's Difference engine.

Linotype (actually, one of their European counterparts, I think)

https://archive.org/details/Typesett1960
https://archive.org/details/Typesett1960_2

New York Times last print run on their Linotypes

https://archive.org/details/FarewellEtaoinShrdlu

Oh, look! It's not dead yet

Or, geek viewpoints for $600, Alex

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20170214-00/?p=95425

Sympathetic Magic for four year olds

Sympathetic magic

Computer nerds with kids...

Another link of interest

Mostly posting these here instead of bookmarking them.

Torture your friends' geographical knowledge:

http://xkcd.com/1653

Blast from the past

Analog computers for dummies: Introduction to fire control computers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4