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            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1803</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[GitHub - DOS-History/Paterson-Listings: Transcription of Tim Paterson&amp;#039;s DOS printouts. · GitHub]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://github.com/DOS-History/Paterson-Listings" />
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            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Transcription of Tim Paterson&amp;#039;s DOS printouts. Contribute to DOS-History/Paterson-Listings development by creating an account on GitHub.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-03T10:43:35+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1801</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Ask.com has closed]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.ask.com/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1801"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-02T18:57:39+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1798</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Caedmon’s Hymn Discovery - News &amp;amp; Events | Trinity College Dublin]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2026/caedmons-hymn-discovery/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1798"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Old fashioned sleuthing and the help of modern technology leads to discovery of manuscript with poem composed by a farm labourer 1,300 years ago.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-01T20:57:24+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1795</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75877" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1795"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-05-01T01:45:24+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1783</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Fast16: The Cyberweapon That Predates Stuxnet by Five Years - HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://hackingpassion.com/fast16-pre-stuxnet-cyber-sabotage/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1783"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[For 21 years, fast16 corrupted nuclear research calculations without anyone noticing. It predates Stuxnet by five years. The math was always wrong.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-27T07:54:33+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1771</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Monumental ship burial beneath ancient Norwegian mound predates the Viking Age]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-monumental-ship-burial-beneath-ancient.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1771"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-22T01:04:48+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1766</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Archive of BYTE magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1766"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Foreground p.20 RECYCLING USED ICs [theme Hardware] [author Mikkelsen] p.62 DECIPHERING MYSTERY KEYBOARDS [theme Hardware] [author Heltners] p.72 LIFE...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-04-20T06:27:41+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1616</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Lost Doctor Who episodes found]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1616"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-14T15:58:23+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1591</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[129 Years Later, The First-Ever Sci-Fi Film Has Finally Been Found]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/gugusse-and-the-automaton-georges-melies-short" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1591"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès&amp;#039; &amp;#039;Gugusse and the Automaton&amp;#039; features cinema’s earliest robot.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-10T23:45:01+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1583</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Galileo&amp;#039;s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.science.org/content/article/galileo-s-handwritten-notes-found-ancient-astronomy-text" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1583"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
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            </summary>
            <updated>2026-03-08T00:16:34+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1562</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Reading English from 1000 AD]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/260224.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1562"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The past was not as foreign as we think.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-28T13:47:09+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1558</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Museum of Plugs and Sockets]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/index.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1558"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Annotated display of 1000 domestic electrical plugs and sockets from all over the world, including classic and obsolete types.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-27T14:05:09+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1533</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[CERN rebuilt the original browser from 1989 (2019)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://worldwideweb.cern.ch" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1533"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[2019 rebuilding of the original NeXT web browser]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-21T13:58:52+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1512</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Descent, ported to the web]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mrdoob.github.io/three-descent/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1512"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-15T14:13:39+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1493</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence of Hannibal&amp;#039;s war elephants]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-hannibal-famous-war-elephants-bone.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1493"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing &amp;quot;war elephants.&amp;quot; Yet, no skeletal remains of these war elephants had ever been found from the Punic War period and region. But, in 2020, archaeologists found a single bone at the Colina de los Quemados site in Córdoba, Spain that may finally provide some more direct evidence for the existence of these beasts of war. The finding is described in the team&amp;#039;s newly published study, in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-02-12T14:15:59+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1440</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://redgamingtech.com/playstation-2-recompilation-project-is-absolutely-incredible/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1440"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-30T14:01:40+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1436</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[We can&amp;#039;t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1436"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-29T18:29:19+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1433</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/science/archaeology-neanderthals-tools.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1433"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-29T00:22:25+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1430</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Challenger: The disaster five people saw coming]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-01-28/space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-nasa-explosion-video-engineers/106162902" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1430"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off, killing its crew and changing the history of spaceflight. A small team of engineers tried to prevent the tragedy — but they were overruled.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-28T10:29:13+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1429</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A list of fun destinations for telnet]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://telnet.org/htm/places.htm" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1429"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A list of fun destinations for telnet]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-28T00:22:40+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1427</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Television is 100 years old today]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1427"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-27T06:17:14+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1421</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Internet Archive&amp;#039;s Storage]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.dshr.org/2026/01/internet-archives-storage.html" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1421"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-24T18:17:27+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1405</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A 26,000-year astronomical monument hidden in plain sight (2019)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://longnow.org/ideas/the-26000-year-astronomical-monument-hidden-in-plain-sight/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1405"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The western flank of the Hoover Dam holds a celestial map that marks the time of the dam’s creation based on the 25,772-year axial precession of the earth.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-21T13:27:01+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1397</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Inside The Internet Archive&amp;#039;s Infrastructure]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1397"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A deep dive into the Internet Archive&amp;#039;s custom tech stack.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-16T18:19:30+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1395</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Found: Medieval Cargo Ship – Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-say-theyve-unearthed-a-massive-medieval-cargo-ship-thats-the-largest-vessel-of-its-kind-ever-found-180987984/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1395"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the &amp;quot;Svaelget 2&amp;quot; is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts say the 600-year-old discovery is &amp;quot;exceptionally well-preserved&amp;quot;]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-16T06:16:25+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1344</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Unix v4 (1973) – Live Terminal]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://unixv4.dev/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1344"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[UNIX v4 (1973) live in your browser. Original binaries recently recovered from archival sources once thought lost. PDP-11/45 emulator with Thompson shell and early C compiler.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-03T13:27:10+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1338</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[www.abc.net.au]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-02/rapa-nui-easter-island-moai-creation-and-movement-explained/106077706" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1338"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[We may have the best understanding of the Easter Island Moai yet]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-03T14:30:25+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1316</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered • The Register]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1316"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[: Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-24T17:16:12+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1312</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[You have reached the end of the internet (2006)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://hmpg.net/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1312"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-21T18:33:12+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1299</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[10 Years of Let&amp;#039;s Encrypt]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/10-years" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1299"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using automated software. Of course, in retrospect this was just the first of billions of certificates. Today, Let’s Encrypt is the largest certificate authority in the world in terms of certificates issued, the ACME protocol we helped create and standardize is integrated throughout the server ecosystem, and we’ve become a household name among system administrators. We’re closing in on protecting one billion web sites.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2026-01-03T14:12:19+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1290</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[cr0bar&amp;#039;s bastardization of hackers]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://attrition.org/archive/www.detonate.net/hackers/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1290"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-04T19:04:55+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1219</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Weebl &amp;amp; Bob Compilation No.1 - YouTube]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://youtu.be/F2tC7G2SCLM?si=xDNkY1CJ5slM6KV3" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1219"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[00:00 - Pie01:05 - Donkey02:20 - Hairy03:20 - Jazz04:03 - Angry05:25  - Bull06:29 - Advent07:40 - Cleaner----------------------------------------------------...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-12T21:33:28+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1213</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Unix v4 Tape Found]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115504720054699983" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1213"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-12T00:25:41+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1210</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[10 Weird Facts About The Goodies You Never Knew! - YouTube]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://youtu.be/93sKWN2zv38?si=a3q2hbFdeUeWOCk4" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1210"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[🎥 Step inside the surreal world of The Goodies, where chaos became genius and three madmen turned television upside down. Discover the wild stunts, secret d...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-11T15:01:28+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1206</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Reviving Classic Unix Games: A 20-Year Journey Through Software Archaeology]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://vejeta.com/reviving-classic-unix-games-a-20-year-journey-through-software-archaeology/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1206"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[How I spent two decades tracking down the creators of a 1987 USENET game and learned modern packaging tools in the process. The Discovery: A Digital Time Capsule from 1987 Picture this: October 26, 1987. The Berlin Wall still stands, the World Wide Web is just text, and software is distributed through USENET newsgroups in […]]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-10T13:23:54+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1194</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Mr Tiff]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://inventingthefuture.ghost.io/mr-tiff/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1194"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use.

I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an accurate record of their work but I&amp;#039;m not complaining. The &amp;#039;as-close-to-possible&amp;#039;]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-17T16:00:54+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1193</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[When stick figures fought]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick-figures-fought" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1193"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-11-04T18:33:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1166</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn&amp;#039;t see in the movies]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/move-over-alan-turing-meet-the-working-class-hero-of-bletchley-park-you-didnt-see-in-the-movies" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1166"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-21T00:22:32+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1155</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/the-ides-we-had-30-years-ago-and" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1155"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-19T06:23:00+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1122</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Finding THE RAREST 90&amp;#039;s arcade game!! Fun World arcade tour (Nashua NH)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mdxKHzoVPA" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1122"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[This was a road trip hours long &amp;amp; weeks in the making. Thanks to several of my friends &amp;amp; acquaintances posting about it on Bluesky, I had heard that the lege...]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-10-04T13:30:26+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1098</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The story of Creative Technology]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-story-of-creative-technology" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1098"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-09-08T22:24:59+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1086</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[www.abc.net.au]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-26/near-complete-ichthyosaur-fossil-found-in-western-queensland/105693176" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1086"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-08-26T07:35:15+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1012</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Shipwreck of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour finally discovered after 250 years - The Brighter Side of News]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/shipwreck-of-captain-james-cooks-hms-endeavour-finally-discovered-after-250-years/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/1012"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-26T10:43:06+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/976</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins - Ars Technica]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/a-history-of-the-internet-part-2-the-high-tech-gold-rush-begins/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/976"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The Web Era arrives, the browser wars flare, and a bubble bursts.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-13T10:01:01+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/951</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Buried under 2 kilometers of Antarctic ice, scientists find a 34-million-year-old lost world - The Brighter Side of News]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.thebrighterside.news/global-good/buried-under-2-kilometers-of-antarctic-ice-scientists-find-a-34-million-year-old-lost-world/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/951"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[A world lost under 34 million years of ice recently discovered by scientists]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-06-10T08:49:52+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/892</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Dead Reckoning]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.damninteresting.com/dead-reckoning/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/892"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[The 18th century misadventures of HMS Wager and her reluctant crew]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:11:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/863</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi &amp;amp; Vim]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/863"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:06:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/858</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[An Ars Technica history of the Internet. Part 1 - Ars Technica]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/a-history-of-the-internet-part-1-an-arpa-dream-takes-form/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/858"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[In our new 3-part series, we remember the people and ideas that made the Internet.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:05:07+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/835</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Modern magic unlocks Merlin&amp;#039;s medieval secrets]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/835"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T01:01:09+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/796</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[The 88x31 GIF Collection | Part 1]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/796"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-05-28T00:55:05+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/590</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/590"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-26T06:00:45+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/585</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Linux/4004 - Dmitry.GR]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&amp;proj=35.%20Linux4004" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/585"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Dmitry.GR: Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-26T00:00:35+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/560</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[Jason Chen and the Time Banana eBook : Richardson Duncan: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Jason-Chen-Banana-Duncan-Richardson-ebook/dp/B0022NH402" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/560"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Jason Chen and the Time Banana eBook : Richardson, Duncan: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-21T06:00:34+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/538</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[OpenSSH Backdoors]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://blog.isosceles.com/openssh-backdoors/" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/538"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Imagine this: an OpenSSH backdoor is discovered, maintainers rush to push out a fixed release package, security researchers trade technical details on mailing lists to analyze the backdoor code. Speculation abounds on the attribution and motives of the attacker, and the tech media pounces on the story. A near miss]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-19T08:00:30+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <id>https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/516</id>
            <title type="text"><![CDATA[A wonderful coincidence or an expected connection: why π² ≈ g.]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://roitman.io/blog/91" />
            <link rel="via" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://links.pgmac.net.au/links/516"/>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Paul Macdonnell]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="text">
                <![CDATA[Let’s take a brief trip back to our school years and recall some lessons in mathematics and physics. Do you remember what the number π equals? And what is π squared? That’s a strange question too. Of course, it’s 9.87. And do you remember the value of the acceleration due to gravity, g? Of course, that number was drilled into our memory so thoroughly that it’s impossible to forget: 9.81 m/s². Naturally, it can vary, but for solving basic school problems, we typically used this value.]]>
            </summary>
            <updated>2025-12-13T10:00:24+10:00</updated>
        </entry>
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