Telephone World

History of Telephones and Telephone switches (US focused). Includes MP3 sound samples for various telephone network sounds (busy, automated recordings, etc).

dead link: http://www.dmine.com/phworld/

Bell System Memorial

A whole lot about Ma Bell, the Western Electric phones she built, and other Bell companies.

dead link: http://www.porticus.org/bell/bell.htm

Western Electric Rotary Prototypes

Guide to development of rotary phones at Western Electric.

dead link: http://mysite.verizon.net/paul-f/weproto.html

Chess Game Review

Reviewing the game of Chess, as if it were a new board game.

Unfortunately, that gameplay is severely lacking. For one thing, there are only six units in the game. Of those six, two are practically worthless while one is an overpowered "god" unit, the Queen. She's your typical Lara Croft-esque 1990s "me, too" attempt to attract the fabled gaming girl audience[...]

dead link: http://home.uchicago.edu/~djm2/archives/sent.1999.04/chess