1860 Federal census hits the street
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in the history
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Dimitri Rotov was blogging about numbers and wondering if Federal Generals had available the 1860 population figures for the South. Data that might support large numbers for a Confederate field army. At least in retrospect. Well it’s not central to… >> continue reading
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Selling-off more history
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Writing previously on this subject, I worried about a soldier’s wartime letter disappearing into a private collection, never to be seen again. That was as nothing compared to what I found online today. Oh how I wish now I’d gone… >> continue reading
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Horn, tooting one’s own
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Public thanks are overdue to Bill Turkel for the flattering profile on his blog, Digital History Hacks. He makes me and AotW look really good, and finds the things of which I’m most proud from the last ten years online… >> continue reading
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Horror of the wounded
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in the history
I apologize to you if you’re interested in history, but not the Digital kind, especially. The past several posts have undoubtedly glazed your eyes, and those of most readers, I should think. Let’s get back to another of the notable… >> continue reading
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Jumping into digital history with both feet
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No more fooling with theory and generalities. Its time to get started with your new web project. How better to learn? Off we go, then. We’ll start with a very simple, single-page project. We’ll get the development server up and… >> continue reading
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PHP + database + webserver
In a previous post I talked about how an aspiring digital historian might learn some fundamental software technologies applicable to building a dynamic website. Today I’ll try to better explain how those work together to produce web pages. In the… >> continue reading
