The thread with Vint's initial message is here: https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/2024-January/009265.html Vint is collecting anecdotes here: <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XU6Fn5rFeJLO4mIBSa9e8V8BIDwafI0Lvlmi4gQwcm E/edit> Many good stories... The tower of blocks image from a previous message came from an XKCD cartoon: Dependency https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency (Time sink warning if you get sucked in.) Two threads on the IETF's NTP Working group mailing list: [Ntp] Dave Mills has passed away https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ntp/QG4OERPE7Ewmq7JqCGb-4v-OGNA/ [Ntp] FYI: Dave Mills has passed away https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ntp/hlfpOfWchEXrCc6g5Q_zOkojGp0/ A video from a 2005 talk/class on routing: A Maze of Twisty, Turney Passages - Routing in the Internet Swamp by David L. Mills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08jBmCvxkv4 Not much about time, but a good history lesson. He did a lot more than NTP. New Yorker profile: The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet's Time <https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keep ing-the-internets-time> -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.