Take a step into my way-back machine and watch (and listen to) an Intel 486DX2 (with 32MB RAM and 500MB hard disk storage!) booting up. That thing was state of the art when it was released 30 years ago. Now it’s like a fossilized dinosaur turd. We sure have come

This is a video of “PhD in mathematical physics, leftie, and Trekkie” Dr. Blitz doing his best to explain quantum computing simply in under 3 minutes. Do I understand quantum computing now? Absolutely not. I do think I understand it better than I did, but before I just thought it

Because comfort is the name of the only game I care to play, Youtuber Tools. Electro. DIY built his own reclining workstation, with its desktop portion sliding onto the armrests of his computer chair. That thing looks NICE. Perfect for never getting up again. Mind emptying my pee jug for

Note: Chart above has been modified from its original format to fit the marquee, scroll down to see the whole thing. This is a chart created by Hive Systems detailing about how long it would take a hacker to brute force passwords of various lengths and characters in 2024. Of

Easily one of my favorite theme songs of all time (right up there with Gilligan’s Island), this is a video of The Addams Family theme being performed by a bunch of old computer hardware like floppy drives, and old hard drives. They’re basically ghosts themselves! I do miss those old

This is a vintage video of renowned PC engineer (one of the twelve who developed the first IBM PC) and creator of the Ctrl-Alt-Del shortcut David Bradley zinging Bill Gates during a panel discussion. While discussing the Ctrl-Alt-Del shortcut, he says, “But I have to share the credit. I may

Because how are you supposed to get any work done when you can be loving on your pets (anybody hiring?), this is a video of Shadow the white-bellied parrot going nuts jumping around on his owner’s keyboard, demanding the attention he so rightfully deserves. Or, who knows, maybe he’s just

This is a video documenting launch day of the iMac at a CompUSA store in Alexandria, Virginia on August 15, 1998 — just over 24 years ago. The interviews with the Apple reps and customers are great. As my mom would say, it’s a real hoot. I remember when I