Vintage or Vintage-inspired Watches: Which One is Right for You?
Are you in the market for a new watch but feeling torn between a vintage or a vintage-inspired timepiece? With so many options available, it can be difficult to decide…
Will CDs Make a Comeback? Exploring the Future of Physical Music Media
In recent years, vinyl has experienced a remarkable resurgence, with record sales hitting record highs and new releases increasingly being offered on vinyl. With this success, some have speculated whether…
Was Windows 95 a big deal?
In the world of technology, few products have had as much impact as Windows 95. Released on August 24, 1995, it was a groundbreaking operating system that changed the way…
What was the first Apple computer?
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company that has become a household name over the years. The company has released numerous groundbreaking products, including the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook, which…
Digital Watches are once again a “pretty neat idea”
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of…
Everybody Loves the Sony Walkman
The Sony Walkman is an iconic device that revolutionized the way people listen to music. When it was first introduced in 1979, it quickly became a must-have gadget for music…
The Rise and Fall of WordStar
In the early days of personal computing, before Microsoft Word and Google Docs, there was WordStar. Developed in the late 1970s by Seymour Rubenstein, WordStar was one of the first…
What is a CyberDeck? And yes, you should build one.
A CyberDeck is a portable, self-contained computing device that’s inspired by the retro-futuristic aesthetic of classic cyberpunk literature and film. Typically built around a Raspberry Pi single-board computer (SBC) or…
LOVE.EXE – A ChatGPT Story
Lena had always been a bit of a loner. As a software engineer, she spent most of her days glued to a computer screen, writing code and troubleshooting bugs. But…
What the heck is CP/M?
CP/M, short for Control Program/Monitor, is a computer operating system developed in the mid-1970s by Gary Kildall for Intel 8080/8085-based microcomputers. It was one of the first widely used operating…