Journal

Field notes and longer essays

Starting with the story of how a Cold War research institute got wired into the early internet — published chapter by chapter.

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Building the Internet at SIPRI

A first-person account of wiring a Cold War research institute into the early internet — Sun workstations, NCSA httpd, and a phone call to KTH that changed how SIPRI worked. Chapters are published as they're finished.

  • Chapter One — The donated SunPublished
  • Chapter TwoPublished
  • Chapter Three — SUNET and the KTH linePublished
  • Chapter FourPublished
  • Chapter Five — First light on sipri.sePublished
  • Chapter SixPublished
  • Chapter Seven — Building the databasesPublished
  • Chapter EightIn progress

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