Stories by shortformblog

The Library with Free-to-Use Bloomberg Terminals

Why 3M stopped making floppy disks in the '90s

The Internet's First Emulation Streaming Show [video]

Halloween Problem History: The Most Boring Halloween Tradition

The “Modem Tax”: An Urban Legend with the Ring of Truth

Full EGPUs and PCIe GPUs in Early 2006 to Early 09 iMacs

Pricing Out Your Legacy: Thoughts on WordPress’ 100 Year Plan

The Story Behind a Cable Converter Box (2021)

Dear Substack: Quit Sending Me Your Corporate Propaganda

A Tale of Two Linux Tablets

SharkWire: The Nintendo 64’s GameShark-Operated Online Service

FYI: Samsung security update breaks Google Authenticator functionality

How the Association for Computing Machinery Is Opening the Doors to Its Archives

Quantel Paintbox History: Painting with Light

Wordle’s Digital Predecessors: The Evolution of Online Word Games

Jumpstation History: The Internet’s Forgotten Terminology (2019)

Gator Adware History: They Hate When You Call It Spyware

The Eroded Self (2000)

Personal Computing on an Amiga in 2021

Tumblr users lash out against its beta subscription feature

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