History

5 myths about CDs we need to leave in the past

• History
• physical media
• Technology

5 myths about CDs we need to leave in the past

Sydney Butler March 15, 2026

Dispelling the deep magics

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Before the USB flash drive: 5 ‘floppy killers’ that lost the retro storage war

• History
• physical media
• Retro Computing
• Storage
• Technology

Before the USB flash drive: 5 ‘floppy killers’ that lost the retro storage war

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

Why Zip disks and LS-120s couldn't defeat the 1.44MB disk

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Stop complaining: “Boring” phones are exactly what we asked for

• History
• Samsung
• Technology

Stop complaining: “Boring” phones are exactly what we asked for

Sydney Butler March 10, 2026

Eat your vegetables, they're good for you.

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Floppy disk hack: How a pair of scissors doubled your storage in 1992

• History
• Retro Computing
• Retro Gaming
• Storage
• Technology

Floppy disk hack: How a pair of scissors doubled your storage in 1992

Sydney Butler March 8, 2026

Why the famous 'square hole' hack was a ticking time bomb

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You can still experience the internet of the 1980s: Here’s how

• History
• Retro Computing
• Technology
• Web

You can still experience the internet of the 1980s: Here’s how

Sydney Butler March 6, 2026

Take a trip down memory lane

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Screeching tapes and printed code: The wild analog era of early PC storage

• History
• Programming
• Retro Computing
• Storage
• Technology

Screeching tapes and printed code: The wild analog era of early PC storage

Sydney Butler March 4, 2026

When your hard drive was a cassette deck--the forgotten realities of 8-bit storage

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The 5 modular Android smartphones we all wanted (but never bought)

• History
• Motorola
• Technology

The 5 modular Android smartphones we all wanted (but never bought)

Goran Damnjanovic March 2, 2026

The floundering promise of modularity.

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Your vinyl records aren’t as “analog” as you think—and that’s okay

• History
• Music
• physical media
• Technology

Your vinyl records aren’t as “analog” as you think—and that’s okay

Sydney Butler March 1, 2026

Oh, you thought it was AAA all the way?

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How a failed 2011 tablet took Android rooting mainstream

• History
• HP
• Technology

How a failed 2011 tablet took Android rooting mainstream

Joe Fedewa February 27, 2026

The HP TouchPad meant more to Android than webOS.

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It’s time for small TVs to make a comeback

• History
• Technology
• TVs

It’s time for small TVs to make a comeback

Sydney Butler February 27, 2026

It's the small things in life.

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