Links We Like: The UNIVAC Computer, MP3 Player Designs, & The Typography of Blade Runner

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This week’s Links We Like recount the history of the first commercial US computer company, analyze twenty years of portable MP3 players, and examine the typography of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.

Last week’s post encouraged NTC’s Howie to share a link to The Museum of Jurassic Technology. Thanks, Howie! As always, make sure to share with us the links you’re reading. Have a great weekend! (⌐■_■)

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Links We Like: The Prehistory of AI, An Abandoned Ferry Boat with Games, & Forgotten Hand Tools

Duck via wikimedia.org

Crossection of Jacques Vaucanson’s “Defecating Duck” automatavia wikimedia.org

This week’s Links We Like trace the mechanical prehistory of artificial intelligence, scope out an abandoned ferry boat jam-packed with arcade machines, and peruse the Museum of Old Technology in Belgium.

Thanks for all the feedback from last week’s post, especially the fun discussion about Dwarf Fortress. As always, make sure to share with us the links you’re reading. Have a great weekend! \(•◡•)/

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Links We Like: Phill Tippett Monsters, Dwarf Fortress, & Emoticons

This week’s Links We Like visit Phil Tippett’s workshop, decypher the allure of Dwarf Fortress, and get emotional with Dr. Scott Fahlman, founder of the emoticon.

Thanks for all the feedback from last week’s post. I made sure that all the links this week cover things that still exist. As always, make sure to share with us the links you’re reading. Have a great weekend! \o/

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Links We Like: the Kowloon Walled City, Infobar Phones, and the Plimsoll Line

Kowloon city cross section via spoon-tamago.com

Kowloon city cross section via spoon-tamago.com

This week’s Links We Like examine the astonishing Kowloon Walled City, admire mobile phones worthy of being in MoMa, and uncover exactly what those cryptic hull markings on cargo ships mean.

As always, these links give you a glimpse on what we’re sharing around the office and are an invitation to a forum discussion. Got better links? Share them with us! And thanks for all the great comments, images, and links from last week’s post. Keep ’em coming!

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Links We Like: Decapping Integrated Circuits, 1980s Smartwatches, and the Soviet Video Arcade

This week’s links dive into the recent past. Unearthing the smartwatches of the 1980s business professional, revealing the innards of 1970s integrated circuits, and peering into the video game arcades of 1970s and 1980s Soviet Russia.

Break out your best Max Headroom sunglasses, pour a glass of Crystal Pepsi, and get ready to enjoy some techno induced nostalgia.

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