Tag: Retro Computing
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Digital Keepsakes
People accumulate digital keepsakes. What is the best way to keep these?
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Symbols and Association
The feelings associated with typefaces change over time.
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Fonts & Feelings
In the 1980’s, a friend of mine had a Macintosh. It was the first time I got to play with a list of fonts. The fonts were named after cities, like Athens, Chicago, and Toronto. As a kid, I knew some of the city names. However, at the time, Toronto was just a word I…
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Incredible Shrinking Computer Shelf
Thoughts on hacking, old tech, and the culture around it.
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Zip Disk Data Recovery: How To Do It
Here’s a way to read the data from your old zip disks.
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Zip Disk Data Recovery: How Not To Do It
Here are some ways I tried to get data off old zip disks, and the challenges I ran into.