history grunge missile softwares?

Had a chance to look round the Computer History Museum yesterday, as part of a workshop of preserving archaic software I went to. The Museum is still in 'alpha phase' right now, so there's only limited guided tours at certain times, but their collection is phenomenal, from an original German Enigma machine, through the NORAD mainframe for Cold War US missile defence, through amazing-looking Cray supercomputers, and even the original prototype Atari 2600. Wow.

In related news, I'm going to be changing my role a little at the Internet Archive, still working on tech stuff for the International Children's Digital Library somewhat, but I'll also be working on building online collections for the nascent Software Archive. So, look for much good free (gaming and non-gaming) software, mainly archaic but also more recent, and maybe some specially rights-cleared titles too - but we're still early in the planning stages, of course.

As for what media I've been consuming: popcorn-totin' film visits for Kill Bill Vol.1 (impeccably stylish, but made me squeamish), cable-TV Sundance Channel watchin' for Comic Book Villains (half-assed Blood Simple with more Wonder Woman references?) and Hype! (wonderfully wry documentary on grunge), glasses-wearin' book readin' for Sebastian Junger's 'Fire' (the final sections, on an anti-Taliban Afghan general's assassination, are vital), and webgame playin', courtesy the ever-reliable PopCap's Typer Shark (mm, Sharking Of The Dead!)