May 26th, 1995: Bill Gates sends a memo, entitled “The Internet Tidal Wave,” to all executive staff within Microsoft. In it, he makes clear his intention to focus the company’s ef… | Continue reading
Richard Feynman was one of the best-known and most influential physicists of his generation. In the 1940s, he played a part in the development of the atomic bomb; in 1986, as a key member of the Ro… | Continue reading
The inimitable Hunter S. Thompson was just 20 years of age and still in the U.S. Air Force when, in April of 1958, he wrote this profoundly wise letter to his friend Hume Logan in response to a req… | Continue reading
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In 1970, a Zambia-based nun named Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, then-associate director of science at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in response… | Continue reading
After his death in 1827, the following love letter was found amongst the personal papers of Ludwig van Beethoven, penned by the composer over the course of two days in July of 1812 while staying in… | Continue reading
Written in 1996, below is a sternly-worded letter from a | Continue reading
Above: Richard Feynman in 1984In 1966, nine years after gaining his Ph.D. with a dissertation titled | Continue reading
Above: Richard Feynman in 1984In 1966, nine years after gaining his Ph.D. with a dissertation titled | Continue reading
Late-May of 1956, James Bond author Ian Fleming received a politely critical letter from a firearms expert named Geoffrey Boothroyd. It began:I have, by now, got rather fond of Mr. James Bond. I li… | Continue reading
On September 29th, 1918, months before the end of World War I , a freshly assigned physician at Camp Devens military base in Massachusett... | Continue reading
"Messrs Jeffrey Benson and Michael Isaacs of Tracing Services Ltd, currently on bail on charges of conspiracy to create a public mischief, ... | Continue reading
"Messrs Jeffrey Benson and Michael Isaacs of Tracing Services Ltd, currently on bail on charges of conspiracy to create a public mischief, ... | Continue reading
In 1969, publisher John Martin offered to pay Charles Bukowski $100 each and every month for the rest of his life, on one condition: tha... | Continue reading
In 1964, following the retirement of his regular physician, 62-year-old novelist John Steinbeck was asked by his new doctor to complete a... | Continue reading
On March 19th of 1953, weeks before it was announced to the public, scientist Francis Crick excitedly wrote a letter to his son and told hi... | Continue reading
It's difficult to overstate the importance of the following eight-page memo. Written by Walt Disney in December of 1935 to Don Graham — a... | Continue reading
On April 18th of 1961, it was announced that iconic Hollywood star Gary Cooper was dying of cancer after a glittering 36 year career that... | Continue reading
In November of 1974, an attorney named Dale Cox wrote to his favourite American football club, the Cleveland Browns , and informed them t... | Continue reading
From the offices of the now-defunct but at one time Houston-based Tiger Oil Company come a batch of curiously entertaining memos, all sent... | Continue reading
In 1970, a Zambia -based nun named Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger , then-associate director of science at NASA's Mar... | Continue reading
Mid-flight on December 21st, 2004, a Continental Airlines passenger — "disgusted" with the location of his seat due to its proximity to the... | Continue reading