Where Movies Get Their Vintage Electronics
Have you ever watched a show like Mad Men and wondered where they found those early Xerox machines? Or where The…
Meet the Relentless Engineer Who Brings Vintage Computers Back From the Dead
Marc Verdiell is obsessed with clunky, vintage computers. He has over a hundred pieces in his collection, mostly early…
Watch a Bunch of Computer Parts Somehow Sing That Gotye Song
I don't know if I'm more sick of this Gotye song or that Call Me Maybe song (though Gangnam Style is quickly catching…
Sixties Pop Sounds Best When It's Covered By a Band of Computers
Everyone knows being in a band is cool. But what's cooler is making your own band out of old computer parts and then…
Here's How to Rip Apart a Computer and Melt the Circuit Boards for Gold (So You Can Survive the Next Financial Apocalypse)
Screw the stock market, screw cash monies, I'm putting everything I have in gold. And you know where you can pan for…
What the Heck Was a Comptometer?
This 1942 ad for a comptometer is just perfect because first of all, I had no idea what a comptometer was (a mechanical…
Oldest Working "Computer" to Be Rebuilt Sans Windows 7, Dual Core or Wireless
Alright that thing looks like a crapload of old wires and tubes, but it could turn into the world's oldest working…