Welcome to the Third Edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls (emeritus) and Graham Sleight (managing). All the more than 17,600 entries are free to read online.
This free-to-use set features images of cats found in the Library's collections. Staff "experts" contributed their favorite photos, posters & illustrations.
A curated list of books that will blow your mind.
A group of telephony hobbyists who restore and maintain old equipment. They figure out how to get their gear VoIP-enabled and built their own PSTN on top of the Net by hooking everything together. It's pretty serious, plus they document their work pretty well.
A site that has a rather large collection of screenshots of classic desktops and windows.
gitin is a minimalist tool that lets you explore a git repository from command line. You can search from commits, inspect indvidual files and changes in the commits, see ahead/behind commits etc. It is an alternative and interactive way to explore the commit history. Also, you can explore your current state by investigating diffs, stage your changes and commit them.
A site that documents the practice of letterlocking - cleverly folding, cutting, and sealing letters in the 17th century for tamper evidence and security.
Joseph Matheny's library and user page at the Internet Archive.
Cornell University Library’s Witchcraft Collection is part of the Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. It contains more than 3,000 books, manuscripts, and related materials. More information about the content of the collection is available on the Collection Overview page.
The history of Iron Man's heads up display.
An updated version of the Beyond Cyberpunk hypercard stack from the early 1990's. It's kind of dated (cyberpunk's kind of dated, truth be told), but as a historical resource, or a resource for fiction writers you might find it of interest.
The homepage of the man that wrote the Great Worm.