• Forty Years of Lunar Lander
  "In 1969, an Apollo-crazy high school student wrote one of the most influential computer games of all time..."
  in Computers & Electronics with computers games gaming history
• Myths About Welfare Reform
  Excellent page disputing welfare myths by explaining the reality & how the myth came to be. Most important is the common belief that poverty levels declined due to the Welfare Reform Act of '96. Written by a UCLA professor, and easy to understand.
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• New Zork Times: The History of Zork
  "This is the history of the most famous of all interactive fiction games: Zork. It was written by Tim Anderson and Stu Galley and appeared in three issues of The New Zork Times. "
  in Computers & Electronics with articles games gaming history infocom interactive_fiction vintage
• Open Sources: Voices From The Open Source Revolution
  Free online form of a book of essays covering the history of open source and Linux from the perspective of the people that were involved in it.
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• Rick Adams' Colossal Cave Adventure Page
  games,interactive fiction,hints,history,classic
  in Import > Simpy with classic games hints history interactive_fiction simpy_bookmarks by 3 users
• The "Welfare Reform Act" of 1996
  The text of Pres. Clinton's Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; includes some very useful information.
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• The Bad Fads Museum
  "The Fads You Wish Would Stay Forever... or Never Come Back... Browse through the fun and fascinating fads of the last 100 years. The Bad Fads Museum will take you on a tour of popular culture with more than 100 fads in ten categories..."
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• The Colossal Cave Adventure page
  Site all about the first interactive fiction (text adventure) game ever, Colossal Cave Adventure.
  in Computers & Electronics with adventure_games behind_the_scenes games history interactive_fiction vintage
• The History of US Government Food Stamps
  Detailed yet easy-to-read history of food stamps, all the way up through today's program, known as SNAP.
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• The Infocom Bugs List
  "Although [Infocom] games were remarkably well constructed, the occasional programming glitch did creep in here and there, and this list is an attempt to show all known bugs in these 35 games (plus a couple of others)."
  in Computers & Electronics with fun games gaming history infocom interactive_fiction vintage wayback_web_archive
• Virtues of Ultima
  Lengthly article about the many virtue & ethics systems that appear in the Ultima series, including how they came about in real life.
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• WebMynd: your Firefox DVR for the web
  Firefox,extension,search,history
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• Welfare's History, From AFDC To TANF
  About the history of welfare, today's TANF version, and the change to it from AFDC (which had the traits people inaccurately claim of today's welfare).
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