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Being Arthur Again… Ten years ago, digital storytellers Paul Fillingham and James Walker presented a live 24-Hour Twitter adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's 1958 novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' as part of the first National Festival of Humanities. thinkamigo.com/being-arthur-a…

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On Monday 30th September, Britain's last coal fired power station at Ratcliffe Upon Soar, Nottinghamshire closes. Nine years after the closure of Thoresby and Kellingley collieries. #CoalMining #Heritage

@paulfillingham Good luck to the riders as they tackle that steep climb into Robin Hood’s Blidworth later today.

Tour of Britain coming through Robin Hood’s Blidworth #cycling #tourism #nottinghamshire bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Mine-craft Research publication just landed #heritage #design #research

On this day 21 June, 1948, a computer program ran on the world’s first stored-program computer at the University of Manchester. The SSEM (Small-Scale Experimental Machine) nicknamed 'Baby'. Realising ideas from Bletchley Park and pioneers like Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.

On this day, 10th May 1975, the first home videocassette recorder, the Sony Betamax, went on sale in Japan. The following year JVC released their rival VHS (Video Home System). Betamax was more expensive to make and service, and VHS came to define TV viewing in the 80s. #80s

RIP Yosser Hughes bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

#OTD April 28, 2003, Apple launched its online iTunes Music Store, offering downloads for iPod and Apple Mac. Unbundling favourite album tracks transformed the way music was consumed, legitimising downloads that had previously been the domain of illegal file-sharing networks.

On this day, 28th March 1995, Kodak released the DC40 digital camera. Essentially the same (Chinon) device as the Apple QuickTake 100, Kodak's own marketing efforts helped wipe-out their film processing business and the tradition of collecting family snapshots in shoeboxes.

On this day, March 12, 1989, Tim Berners-Lee submitted a research proposal at CERN for developing a new way of linking and sharing information. The first step towards developing the World Wide Web. #technology

On this day, 11th March 1811, the Luddite riots began in Nottingham in response to the introduction of knitting machines. A group of labourers led by a shadowy figure named Ned Ludd, attacked a textile mill, breaking 63 stocking and lace making frames.

#OTD January 27, 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad. Building on the success of the iPhone, the iPad established a new form factor for mobile computing and challenged the traditional personal computer market. #Computing

#OTD January 26, 1983, Lotus Development Corporation released Lotus 1-2-3 for IBM computers. Although computerised ledgers were pioneered by VisiCalc, they failed to patent the idea, and Lotus 1-2-3 went on to power the home computing boom until the arrival of Microsoft Office.

#OTD January 22, 1984 Apple Computer broadcast their legendary dystopian “1984”  commercial, directed by Ridley Scott. The ad introduced the Apple Macintosh to the general public during the TV ad-break of the American Super Bowl. youtu.be/zIE-5hg7FoA?si… #computer

75 years ago the Polaroid camera was launched. Our book 'Minecraft - the prequel: The photographic story of East Midlands Coal' tells the story of coal through different photo formats over a 200 year history etsy.com/uk/listing/161…

#OTD November 8, 1847 Bram Stoker, the Irish author of the gothic novel 'Dracula', was born. The novel was inspired by visits to Scotland and the English coastal town of Whitby. #Literature

#OTD November 6, 1980, IBM formally signed a contract with Microsoft for them to create an operating system for the IBM PC which was in development. #computing #history