Nov 14, 2022
So far I've strayed away from hypermedia in my larger hypertext coverage. This episode helps to fix that. Today we are looking at Aspen Movie Map, a project from 1978 that created a virtual Aspen, Colorado. Why would you want to digitize an entire city? Why did DARPA fund a trip to Aspen? And how does this link up...
Oct 30, 2022
Robots have always fascinated and horrified humanity in
equal measure. The prospect of a synthetic lifeform is at times
exciting, but can quickly turn south. Luckily we've never gotten
that far... or have we? This episode we will look at a selection of
early robots, from the Mechanical Turk to Elektro. All
have...
Oct 16, 2022
Anybody up for a fright? This episode we are looking at
3 of the earliest horror video games I can find. Over this journey
we will look at different programmatic ways to instill fear, how
platforms can affect the route to terror, and even dig up the
mystery of the first horror game.
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Oct 2, 2022
It's
Spook Month 2022! To kick things off we are diving into the
frustrating depth of copy protection, piracy, and the origins of
commercial software. In 1969 the Great Unbundling made the software
market viable for the first time. Ever since then pirates and
software vendors have been locked in a battle over
bits....
Sep 18, 2022
Whirlwind represents a fascinating story of transition.
The project started in the middle of the 1940s as an analog
machine. As times changed it became a digital device. By 1951 it
was perhaps the fastest computer in the world, filled to the brim
with new approaches to design and new technology. It may have even
been...
