The Unknown Rebel at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
July 8, 2008
You have all seen the photograph. Now see the harrowing video of this brave man fighting for a country he believes in. The Tankman.
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Frank Zappa Destroys Robert Novak on the Issue of Censorship (1986)
July 7, 2008
This is Zappa on Crossfire in 1986. Zappa’s responses are absolutely brilliant as he shows the absurdity of government censorship. Novak gets really fired up. “I love it when you froth like that.”
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Queen - Under Pressure (Live At Wembley Stadium 1986)
July 7, 2008
just watch greatness
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Browsing the Web from an 1984 Apple II Computer
July 3, 2008
What would the web have looked like if it was invented in 1984? This video shows web browsing on an 1984 Apple II computer running the Contiki operating system and its web browser. To connect the Internet a custom-built Ethernet card is required.
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I Wrote Donkey Kong
July 1, 2008
DadHacker author Landon Dyer has posted a compelling account of his time working as a programmer for Atari back in the early 80s, where he created, among other things, the cartridge game version of Donkey Kong. It’s a fun read and gives a pretty unique perspective on the early days of the video game industry.
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80s PSA That Used To Run Before Pornos
July 1, 2008
You pop in your porn tape, getting all the tissues and lotions and ices all prepared and then, rather than porno, this lady comes on and talks about safe sex.
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Computer Gaming World: Free Downloads of the first 100 Issues (1981-2006)
June 26, 2008
Ziff-Davis opens up the vault, offering free PDFs of every issue from December 1981 to November 1992!
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Teenager Tom Green’s 1980’s Candian Rap Group Video CHECK THE O.R
June 26, 2008
Tom Green Starts rapping at 1:28
“I lay more chick than mother Goose!”
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Teenager Tom Green’s 1980’s Candian Rap Group Video CHECK THE O.R
June 26, 2008
Tom Green Starts rapping at 1:28
“I lay more chick than mother Goose!”
Popularity: 2% [?]
80’s Computer: the technology that changed me
June 25, 2008
The t
echnology that changed my life in the 80s had to be the first time I saw a computer in the 1980s. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. I remember it had the old rainbow Apple/MAC symbol on it. If I had to guess I’d say it was an Apple II system. I remember it had some sort of word fishing game on it.
The school didn’t have many computers for the students to use. There may have been about eight of them. I was amazed by the system. The interaction was what fascinated me. Sure there were plenty of games that I could play on my Atari 2600, but this device could do so much more. I wouldn’t have much more exposure to computers until more libraries started getting them in to allow searches and (later) to allow access to 56k dial-up Internet. That’s about the time I started reading about QBasic programming. It may have been Jr. High School (late 80s) that I was in a class where we actually got to write code in QBasic. We used Goto/Run commands. I loved it. It made lots of sense to me.
Once I was out on my own and able to buy my own computer, it was over… I was hooked.
I still believe that if I’d had more early exposure to computers I’d be a great programmer by now.
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