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Luster Lost: Pondering the way that physical objects degrade over time
Today in Tedium: There’s this effect I often refer to when talking about digital photography. Old...
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The No Symbol: The History of the Red Circle-Slash
Today in Tedium: Recently, I heard someone talking about the red circle and slash, and it...
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The Sneaky Standard – Intel PCI Standardization History
Today in Tedium: Computing has changed a lot in the past four decades, and one of...
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What Was ISDN?
Today in Tedium: If you live in the United Kingdom and still rely on traditional copper...
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GeoWorks Geos: The Other Windows
Hey all, Ernie here with a refreshed piece about GeoWorks, one of the great noble failures...
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Why 3M Stopped Making Floppy Disks in the '90s
Today in Tedium: If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are...