A collection of columns by humorist and industry pundit Chris Miksanek who has been writing computer humor since the days of the 5 1/4 floppy. His columns have appeared in numerous magazines like Datamation, Computerworld and The Journal of Irreproducible Results and have been translated into several languages including Korean, Portuguese and Pascal.
A collection of columns by humorist and industry pundit Chris Miksanek who has been writing computer humor since the days of the 5 1/4 floppy. His col...
"Thousands on thousands will cross the Bridge because it is the Bridge." It's been called the "8th Wonder of the World" and was the object of Ken Burns' first documentary. A fixture in the background of practically every movie or TV show set in New York City, the Brooklyn Bridge stands not just as an urban icon but as testament to engineering, ingenuity, and hard work. "The Brooklyn Bridge: Its Earliest Years" is a collection of 19th century accounts - a broad swath from construction details written by Washington Roebling himself to a souvenir booklet published by a large department store of...
"Thousands on thousands will cross the Bridge because it is the Bridge." It's been called the "8th Wonder of the World" and was the object of Ken Burn...
"God only knows, for I do not, how this man could do such a deed. Devils may know how he could do it, but it is beyond the ken of any human being with a heart to conceive." With those words, the prosecutor summed-up the sentiment of an entire nation aghast at the crimes committed at the so-called "castle" of Herman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago where the alabaster-colored buildings earned it the moniker "White City." Here is assembled a collection of period accounts to help recreate the excitement and horror of the time; the trial and...
"God only knows, for I do not, how this man could do such a deed. Devils may know how he could do it, but it is beyond the ken of any human being with...
