computer history
It Makes No Sense That Word Processors Are Still Designed for the Printed Page
For decades, word processors have continually gained new features that get in the way of the ultimate goal: writing. How do we get back to that goal?
The Guy Who Made the Mouse Pad Famous
Bob McDermand had a hit on his hands when he started the first mouse pad manufacturer. So what was the problem? MousTrak’s mouse pads were simply too good.
The Internet Archive’s Retro Game Collection Now Emulates Terrible CRT Monitors
It’s more technically challenging to make an old game look bad than it is to make it look good.
These Books Will Make You Nostalgic For the Early Days of Computer Programming
Robots and ‘Space Invader’ aliens help you learn coding fundamentals.
The Internet Archive Opened an Online Malware Museum
Relive your shittiest computing experiences decade by decade.
Happy 200th to George Boole, the Grandfather of Digital Logic
Almost a century before computers, Boole realized the universe can be computed.
The U.S. Census Bureau First Dedicated UNIVAC 61 Years Ago Today
At their core, computers are about counting, and it's easy to forget just how _hard_ that is to do electronically (as compared to, say, an abacus). That's what made UNIVAC, the world's first commercially produced digital computer, so impressive. UNIVAC...
Remembering Ada Lovelace, the World's First Programmer
_This post originally "appeared":http://motherboard.tv/2011/3/25/the-f