technology

Why It's Nearly Impossible For Us To Live On The Moon [Life Noggin]

We could try living on the moon... but it might not be a good idea.

Gabe Pérez 19 Dec, 2017

Dauphin DTR-1: A 1993 Windows Tablet PC!

The Dauphin Desktop Replacement 1 was a fully featured 486 DOS PC with a stylus-controlled touchscreen.

Gabe Pérez 18 Dec, 2017

Huffman Coding And Huffman Trees: How Computers Compress Text [The Basics - S01E03]

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: s...

Gabe Pérez 18 Dec, 2017

BASIC: The Programming Language Of The 1980s [The 8-Bit Guy]

In this episode of The 8-Bit Guy, 4 vintage computer enthusiasts take a look at BASIC, the language of the 1980s.

Gabe Pérez 18 Dec, 2017

Is Technology Killing Creativity? (Star Wars + Heidegger) [8-Bit Philosophy]

From Newton’s apple to the Large Hadron Collider, Technology promises progresses—but is the world getting better because of it? Or Worse?

Gabe Pérez 18 Dec, 2017

Hot Deal: Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (Model: STDR2000102)

Seagate Backup Plus Slim is an easy way to protect and share your digital life.

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

10 Years Of Netbook Evolution

Oldtech81 shows us a quick look at how netbooks have changed in 10 years time.

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

FizzBuzz: One Simple Interview Question [The Basics - S01E02]

There are a lot of opinions on how to hire coders, and most of them are terrible.

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

The Tandy 1000: A Forgotten Classic (But Is It Worth Buying?)

In the early days of PC gaming, Tandy was one of the trendsetters with the 1000 line of machines.

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

Running A Y2K Test In 2017! [Nostalgia Nerd]

Wait... WHAT? A Y2K/Millennium bug test, SEVENTEEN years after the event. What crazy occurrences could lay in wait? Maybe an exploding co...

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

Fisher Price PXL-2000: A Camcorder That Uses Cassette Tapes

In this episode of The 8-Bit Guy, we take a look at the Fisher Price PXL-2000 video camera. Its most unique feature is that it records v...

Gabe Pérez 02 Dec, 2017

The MPMan Experience: World's First Portable MP3 Player

The MPMan was the world's first portable MP3 digital music player, released in Japan in the spring of 1998 and in the US only a coup...

Gabe Pérez 12 Nov, 2017

How Free Internet Calls Work

Today internet voice and video calls are commonly made using apps like the already mentioned Skype, Viber, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp ...

Gabe Pérez 12 Nov, 2017

3 Drives In One: The Iomega ZIP Drive Experience

Oddware isn't always about obscure and failed products! Taking a look back at the ZIP 100 drives from the mid-90s, including their hi...

Gabe Pérez 12 Nov, 2017

Is The Psion 5 Series Still Usable In 2017?

Youtuber Oldtech81 takes a look at this old but still awesome PDA and whether or not it is still usefull these days.WOW!

Gabe Pérez 12 Nov, 2017

Terrible: Windows Audio Before Soundcards [Nostalgia Nerd]

Before Soundcards were common place, many of us had to make do with the PC Speaker for sound effects on our IBM PC Compatibles. Some game...

Gabe Pérez 12 Nov, 2017

Encryption Backdoors: Why The Government Shouldn't Break WhatsApp [The Basics - S01E01]

Encryption backdoors - breaking WhatsApp and iMessage's security to let the government stop Bad Things - sounds like a reasonable ide...

Gabe Pérez 06 Nov, 2017

Why Did Old PCs Have Key Locks?

Retro computer cases often had a locking mechanism, complete with a key that came with the machine. But what exactly did these do, where ...

Gabe Pérez 30 May, 2017

Is Linux Really Faster On A Windows 98 Laptop?

Oldtech81 tries linux on his Intel Pentium III laptop with 128MB of RAM to make it go faster. This is what happened.

Gabe Pérez 30 May, 2017

Back When Cameras Used... Floppy Disks?

In this episode The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at the original Sony Mavica and some of the floppy disk cameras that came after it. Enjoy!

Gabe Pérez 30 May, 2017