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Why It's Nearly Impossible For Us To Live On The Moon [Life Noggin]

2017-12-18T22:12:00.000-04:00

We could try living on the moon... but it might not be a good idea.
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Dauphin DTR-1: A 1993 Windows Tablet PC!

2017-12-18T18:03:00.000-04:00

The Dauphin Desktop Replacement 1 was a fully featured 486 DOS PC with a stylus-controlled touchscreen.
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Color TV-Game 6: Nintendo's First Game Console

2017-12-18T17:45:00.000-04:00

In this episode of Modern Classic we take a look at Nintendo's first-ever home game console: the Color TV-Game 6.
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A Dinosaur Story

2017-12-18T17:23:00.003-04:00

In 2013 Google updated the Chrome web browser with a brand new error screen, that would pop up whenever users would experience an internet shortage.
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Huffman Coding And Huffman Trees: How Computers Compress Text [The Basics - S01E03]

2017-12-18T17:03:00.000-04:00

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less space?
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Rise Of The Triad: The Story Of [Nostalgia Nerd]

2017-12-18T16:29:00.000-04:00

Rise of the Triad is a MS-DOS game, developed and distributed by Apogee in 1994 as a shareware release known as "Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins", swiftly followed by the retail edition "Rise of the Triad: Dark War" distributed through Apogee's shareware model and by FormGen.
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BASIC: The Programming Language Of The 1980s [The 8-Bit Guy]

2017-12-18T15:55:00.000-04:00

In this episode of The 8-Bit Guy, 4 vintage computer enthusiasts take a look at BASIC, the language of the 1980s.
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Is Technology Killing Creativity? (Star Wars + Heidegger) [8-Bit Philosophy]

2017-12-18T15:15:00.000-04:00

From Newton’s apple to the Large Hadron Collider, Technology promises progresses—but is the world getting better because of it? Or Worse?
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Hot Deal: Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Model: STDR2000102)

2017-12-02T18:50:00.000-04:00

Seagate Backup Plus Slim is an easy way to protect and share your digital life.
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DIY Origami Christmas Tree With Snow

2017-12-02T18:15:00.000-04:00

Learn how to make a beautiful Origami Christmas tree with snow on its branches. To make your easy DIY paper Christmas tree, you just need 3 squares of paper. No glue!
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10 Years Of Netbook Evolution

2017-12-02T17:39:00.000-04:00

Oldtech81 shows us a quick look at how netbooks have changed in 10 years time.
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FizzBuzz: One Simple Interview Question [The Basics - S01E02]

2017-12-02T17:06:00.000-04:00

There are a lot of opinions on how to hire coders, and most of them are terrible.
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The Tandy 1000: A Forgotten Classic (But Is It Worth Buying?)

2017-12-02T16:52:00.000-04:00

In the early days of PC gaming, Tandy was one of the trendsetters with the 1000 line of machines.

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Star Wars DroidWorks: Robot Abomination Simulator

2017-12-02T16:34:00.000-04:00

Lucas Learning's first edutainment game from 1998! Nobody needed to see what it'd look like if beloved Star Wars droids had a terrifying lovechild together, but here you can.
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Running A Y2K Test In 2017! [Nostalgia Nerd]

2017-12-02T16:02:00.000-04:00

Wait... WHAT? A Y2K/Millennium bug test, SEVENTEEN years after the event. What crazy occurrences could lay in wait? Maybe an exploding computer? Maybe a dormant TERROR Virus...
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Fisher Price PXL-2000: A Camcorder That Uses Cassette Tapes

2017-12-02T15:33:00.001-04:00

In this episode of The 8-Bit Guy, we take a look at the Fisher Price PXL-2000 video camera. Its most unique feature is that it records video to an audio cassette tape.
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Søren Aaby Kierkegaard: Is Boredom Worse Than Death? [8-Bit Philosophy]

2017-12-02T15:08:00.000-04:00

Press Start for “Is Boredom Worse than Death?” by 8-Bit Philosophy, where classic video games introduce famous thinkers, problems, and concepts with quotes, teachings, and more.
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The MPMan Experience: World's First Portable MP3 Player

2017-11-12T15:50:00.000-04:00

The MPMan was the world's first portable MP3 digital music player, released in Japan in the spring of 1998 and in the US only a couple of months later.
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How Free Internet Calls Work

2017-11-12T15:28:00.000-04:00

Today internet voice and video calls are commonly made using apps like the already mentioned Skype, Viber, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and others, over a high speed internet connection.
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3 Drives In One: The Iomega ZIP Drive Experience

2017-11-12T14:46:00.000-04:00

Oddware isn't always about obscure and failed products! Taking a look back at the ZIP 100 drives from the mid-90s, including their history, packaging, setup, and usage on a Windows 9x PC.
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Is The Psion 5 Series Still Usable In 2017?

2017-11-12T14:19:00.000-04:00

Youtuber Oldtech81 takes a look at this old but still awesome PDA and whether or not it is still usefull these days.WOW!
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Terrible: Windows Audio Before Soundcards [Nostalgia Nerd]

2017-11-12T13:46:00.000-04:00

Before Soundcards were common place, many of us had to make do with the PC Speaker for sound effects on our IBM PC Compatibles. Some games utilised this limited medium to good effect, but Windows was always still lacking in sound.
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Let's Get It Started: Why Do Haters Hate? [8-Bit Philosophy]

2017-11-12T13:03:00.000-04:00

Press Start for “Why Do Haters Hate?” by 8-Bit Philosophy, where classic video games introduce famous thinkers, problems, and concepts with quotes, teachings, and more.
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Infographic: 15 Ways To Manage Your Time Wisely

2017-11-05T23:59:00.000-04:00

Do you remember that infographic "3 Common Time Wasters At Work" what we shared a good time ago? Well, in this opportunity we present another interesting infographic but this time to show you 15 ways to manage your time wisely.
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Encryption Backdoors: Why The Government Shouldn't Break WhatsApp [The Basics - S01E01]

2017-11-05T22:56:00.000-04:00

Encryption backdoors - breaking WhatsApp and iMessage's security to let the government stop Bad Things - sounds like a reasonable idea. Here's why it isn't.
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