Hacker News
- Psychology and the Instrument Panel (1953) https://web.archive.org/web/20190404211225/http:/blog.modernmechanix.com/psychology-and-the-instrument-panel/ 7 comments
- ASCII Art in 1939 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ascii-art-1939/ 26 comments
- Personal Unix Computer from 1984 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/whats-new-computers/ 17 comments linux
- The Dumb Terminal http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/interfaceage/4-1978/dumb_terminal_lsi.jpg 8 comments technology
- YOUR LIFE TEN YEARS FROM TODAY (Nov, 1956) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2011/08/01/your-life-ten-years-from-today/?qwd=./wisdom/11-1956/ten_years_from_today&qif=ten_years_from_today_0.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 9 comments history
- Collapsible Bike Trailer Has Comfortable Bunk for Camper http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/modernmechanix/7-1935/lrg_bike_trailer.jpg 4 comments technology
- Meraviglia del "genio italico" del 1933 o bufala di regime? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/12/04/horse-of-steel-runs-across-fields 9 comments italy
- How Solid-State Electronics Will Change Your Life (Sep, 1954) ...check out that flat-panel TV from GE! http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/27/how-solid-state-electronics-will-change-your-life/ 11 comments reddit.com
- TIL how a three-way light bulb works http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/29/new-electrical-wonders-work-living-room-magic/?qwd=./popularscience/9-1956/electrical_wonders&qif=electrical_wonders_3.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 27 comments technology
- The Rail Gun has been in existence for quite some time http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/popularscience/11-1936/electric_machine_gun.jpg 40 comments science
- Computers: Their Built-In Limitations (Playboy, October 1967) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/08/19/computers-their-built-in-limitations/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Awesome old-school science magazine article about Germany's gigantic gun, used against Paris towards the end of WWI. Complete with old timey ads, and a tl;dr version on page 6. How I wish science magazines were still this interesting. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/09/secrets-of-the-mystery-gun-that-shelled-paris/?qwd=./modernmechanix/6-1930/paris_gun&qif=paris_gun_0.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 68 comments science
- The idea behind twitter was actually used back in... 2002? Try again. 1995? Try 1935. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/30/robot-messenger-displays-person-to-person-notes-in-public/ 9 comments science
- I would love to have one of these [Pic] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/modernmechanix/3-1934/lrg_anti_pest_door.jpg 6 comments reddit.com
- How the Computer gets the answer (Oct, 1967) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/22/how-the-computer-gets-the-answer/ 21 comments programming
- What turned you on in 1970? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/03/what-turns-you-on/?qwd=./scienceandmechanics/2-1970/turns_you_own&qif=turns_you_own_0.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 4 comments reddit.com
- Will These Vehicles Run? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/15/will-these-vehicles-run/ 8 comments science
- Is There Life On Mars? (Aug, 1956) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/09/is-there-life-on-mars/ 4 comments space
- What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/24/what-will-life-be-like-in-the-year-2008/ 154 comments science
- How To Win At Science Fairs (Electronics Illustrated Dec, 1960) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/23/how-to-win-at-science-fairs/ 2 comments science
- Imagine, over a MEGABYTE of RAM! Choose from the latest 5", 8" or 14" hard drives. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/06/multiprocessor-with-64-bit-processing-power/ 3 comments technology
- Apple Lisa article from BYTE magazine, 1983. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/29/the-lisa-computer-system-apple-designs-a-new-kind-of-machine/?qwd=./byte/2-1983/lisa_review&qif=lisa_review_00.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 60 comments technology
- "More Doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette" (PIC) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/02/more-doctors-smoke-camels-than-any-other-cigarette-2/ 3 comments reddit.com
- World’s First Cell Phone (Jul, 1973) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/22/worlds-first-cell-phone/ 8 comments reddit.com
- The Handy Uses of a Home Computer [Jan 1970] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/14/the-handy-uses-of-a-home-computer/ 5 comments reddit.com
- What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/24/what-will-life-be-like-in-the-year-2008/ 21 comments reddit.com
- Rotating Blades To Row Planes In Air (Nov, 1935) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/13/rotating-blades-to-row-planes-in-air/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Why 2,000,000 Americans Are Dope Fiends (1930) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/12/31/why-2000000-americans-are-dope-fiends/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Whatever became of this? - Death Ray Machine Is Invented by Cleveland Scientist (Sep, 1934) [pic] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/27/death-ray-machine-is-invented-by-cleveland-scientist/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Trapped rat shoots self and takes a picture [img] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/modernmechanix/1-1935/med_rat_death.jpg 6 comments reddit.com
- Farmer grows pumpkins with human faces... weird (pic) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/20/farmer-grows-pumpkins-with-human-faces/ 16 comments reddit.com
- The Lost Art of Suicide Bugling [Pic] http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/06/10/rifle-barrel-becomes-bugle-for-musical-stunt/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Weight GAIN ad in 1934 for naturally skinny people http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/05/26/kelp-o-malt-skinny-girls/ 49 comments reddit.com
- Coast to Coast Mail in 15 seconds! (1960) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/02/coast-to-coast-mail-in-15-seconds/ 3 comments reddit.com
- What Cigarettes Do You Smoke, Doctor? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/18/more-doctors-smoke-camels-than-any-other-cigarette/ 2 comments reddit.com
- What Happened When You Mailed A Letter In 1951 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/01/28/what-happens-when-you-mail-a-letter/?qwd=./popularscience/12-1951/when_mail_letter&qif=when_mail_letter_0.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 7 comments reddit.com
- Arm-trapping fire-alarm immolates Samaritans http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/30/fire-box-traps-pranksters/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years (printed in Feb, 1950) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/05/miracles-youll-see-in-the-next-fifty-years/?qwd=./popularmechanics/2-1950/next_fifty_years&qif=next_fifty_years_00.jpg&qiv=thumbs&qis=xl#qdig 46 comments reddit.com
- ASCII Art from 1939 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/27/ascii-art-1939/ 4 comments reddit.com
- 1979 color computer screen with the resolution of a single mac os x icon. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/21/putting-color-to-work-in-computers/ 20 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- Flesh Made Wood: The Invention of Artificial Refrigeration—The Appendix http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/flesh-made-wood-the-invention-of-artificial-refrigeration 7 comments
- Fake Craigslist "everything must go" ad costs man pretty much everything | Boing Boing http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/25/fake-craigslist-ever.html 1 comment