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    Computing History & Culture

    460 videos · 1,060 books · 1,383 blogs · 23 podcasts

    History of computingGUI, HCI & interface historyHacker culture & free softwareDemoscene & retrocomputingInternet culture & memesTech pioneers & interviewsTech company stories & documentariesComputing culture (other)
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    Micro Men - 720p (2009)

    HN recommends it often as an entertaining and authentic dramatization of Sinclair versus Acorn, the story from which ARM grew.

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    21:40

    Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)

    XOXO Festival
    82k views • 12 years ago
    2:53

    Amiga Hardware Programming 1 - Use the Assembler and wait for left click

    ScoopexUs
    90k views • 13 years ago
    2:31:38

    Avie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1

    Computer History Museum
    49k views • 9 years ago
    2:01

    "Memories" - 256 byte MSDOS intro

    Héll Mood
    107k views • 6 years ago
    20:13

    The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

    Veritasium
    14M views • 4 years ago
    54:20

    Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle

    Rui Oliveira
    339k views • 14 years ago
    32:56

    Bret Victor The Future of Programming

    Joey Reid
    305k views • 13 years ago
    31:28

    DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars

    Christiaan008
    1.7M views • 15 years ago

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    Harrison BergeronKurt Vonnegut
    2007–2026

    Harrison Bergeron

    Kurt Vonnegut
    27 recommend · 126
    Cover of The Dream Machine2009–2026

    The Dream Machine

    M. Mitchell Waldrop
    109 recommend · 199
    Cover of Hacker's Delight2008–2026

    Hacker's Delight

    Henry S. Warren Jr.
    105 recommend · 169
    Cover of IBM and the Holocaust2009–2026

    IBM and the Holocaust

    Edwin Black
    37 recommend · 240
    Cover of The Information2011–2026

    The Information

    James Gleick
    61 recommend · 92
    Cover of Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing2008–2026

    Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

    Philip Greenspun
    15 recommend · 27
    Cover of A short history of nearly everything2007–2026

    A short history of nearly everything

    Bill Bryson
    102 recommend · 138
    Cover of The Chicago manual of style2010–2026

    The Chicago manual of style

    University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
    19 recommend · 132
    Cover of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language2013–2026

    The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

    David W. Anthony
    17 recommend · 23
    Cover of Don Quixote2010–2026

    Don Quixote

    Miguel De Cervantes
    15 recommend · 54
    Cover of Boyd2009–2025

    Boyd

    Robert Coram
    25 recommend · 34
    Cover of Calvin and Hobbes2008–2026

    Calvin and Hobbes

    Bill Watterson
    19 recommend · 40
    Cover of Programming Windows2008–2026

    Programming Windows

    Charles Petzold
    31 recommend · 69
    Cover of Revolution in the valley2008–2026

    Revolution in the valley

    Andy Hertzfeld
    29 recommend · 43

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    Cringelycringely.com285 people

    Level3 is without peer, now what to do?

    Cringely
    Personal · last shared 2026
    Folklore.orgfolklore.org697 people

    -2000 Lines of Code

    Folklore.org
    Personal · last shared 2026
    NVIDIA Blogblogs.nvidia.com436 people

    Nvidia Unveils GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs

    NVIDIA Blog
    Company · last shared 2026
    Crystal Blogcrystal-lang.org328 people

    Crystal 1.0 – What to expect

    Crystal Blog
    Company · last shared 2026
    Microsoft TechNet Blogsblogs.technet.com428 people

    Nokia acquired by Microsoft

    Microsoft TechNet Blogs
    Company · last shared 2021
    Medium Messagemedium.com/message281 people

    The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-Computing

    Medium Message
    Publication · last shared 2026
    Buttondown Newslettersbuttondown.email279 people

    Donald Knuth was framed

    Buttondown Newsletters
    Personal · last shared 2025
    Long Nowlongnow.org405 people

    Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine

    Long Now
    Publication · last shared 2026

    Podcasts

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    Dwarkesh Podcast

    Dwarkesh Patel

    Darknet Diaries

    Jack Rhysider

    Tech Won't Save Us

    Paris Marx

    Apple Time Warp

    John Romero and Craig Johnston

    Explain It to Me

    Vox

    Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

    Scott Hanselman

    The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

    All Things Comedy

    The Stack Overflow Podcast

    The Stack Overflow Podcast