Tech Nostalgia: A Computer Needs an OS Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle (Premium)

The first personal and home computers booted into a ROM, or read-only memory, that usually consisted solely of an on-chip BASIC interpreter, typically made by Microsoft. That was minimally acceptable for the software developers and other enthusiasts an… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: A Computer Needs an OS Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle (Premium)

Tech Nostalgia: Microcomputer + Software (Premium)

Most are at least passingly familiar with the story of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, BASIC, the MITS Altair, and the dawn of the personal computer era. But with the publication last week of the first of a promised three Gates autobiographies, Source Code:… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: Microcomputer + Software (Premium)

Throwback: My Original Apple iPad Mini Review from 2012 (Premium)

Apple released its first iPad mini in November 2012, and it was precisely the iPad I wanted, “an incredibly desirable device, almost without peer.”
I didn’t review the OG iPad mini formally. But I did write up a first impressions-style “compete report,… Continue reading Throwback: My Original Apple iPad Mini Review from 2012 (Premium)

Throwback: My Original Amazon Kindle Review from 2007 (Premium)

I’m reevaluating the devices I use for reading and will write about that soon. Meanwhile, here’s my original Amazon Kindle review from 2007.

I knew Amazon was on to something with its new e-book reader, the Kindle, when my wife was immediately curio… Continue reading Throwback: My Original Amazon Kindle Review from 2007 (Premium)

Lots of DOOM News as Quakecon Gets Underway

With QuakeCon 2024 underway in Texas, Bethesda has some new DOOM updates to share and a massive sale on many Bethesda titles across all platforms.
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WordStar 7 for MS-DOS is Now Available for Free in Complete Archive

Before Microsoft Word, there was WordPerfect. And before WordPerfect, there was WordStar. And now, WordStar is back. Sort of.
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My Favorite New Apps of 2023 (Premium)

I went into this article knowing full well that 2023 was a year of change and that I would have lots of new apps to write about. And then I actually looked, and even I was surprised by the amount of change I’ve made. There is no doubt that I have start… Continue reading My Favorite New Apps of 2023 (Premium)