Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhat Exactly IS A Database? Part II
Episode 97
We've approach the beast itself: SQL. Or, as it used to be known, SEQUEL. In this episode we will discuss how early navigational databases failed, and how we were able to move past them into a relat…
Published on 3 years ago
What Exactly IS A Database? Part I
Episode 96
I've fallen into a bit of a data rabbit hole, and you get to join me. In this episode I'm starting my journey to understand where databases came from, and how they started to evolve. This will serve…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Aspen Movie Map
Episode 95
So far I've strayed away from hypermedia in my larger hypertext coverage. This episode helps to fix that. Today we are looking at Aspen Movie Map, a project from 1978 that created a virtual Aspen, C…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Robots, and the End of Humanity
Episode 94
Robots have always fascinated and horrified humanity in equal measure. The prospect of a synthetic lifeform is at times exciting, but can quickly turn south. Luckily we've never gotten that far... o…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Fun and (Horror) Games
Episode 93
Anybody up for a fright? This episode we are looking at 3 of the earliest horror video games I can find. Over this journey we will look at different programmatic ways to instill fear, how platforms …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Copy Protection
Episode 92
It's Spook Month 2022! To kick things off we are diving into the frustrating depth of copy protection, piracy, and the origins of commercial software. In 1969 the Great Unbundling made the software …
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Whirlwind
Episode 91
Whirlwind represents a fascinating story of transition. The project started in the middle of the 1940s as an analog machine. As times changed it became a digital device. By 1951 it was perhaps the f…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Where Did The S100 Bus Go?
Episode 90
In the last half of the 70s there was one gold standard in home computing: S100. This was a standardized bus that was the heart of many computers. It allowed for the interchange of parts from differ…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Forth
Episode 89
What language has two stacks? What language is used on satellites and in home computers? What language deals in words? Why, Forth, of course! Forth is a highly unique language developed in the 60s…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
BEFLIX, Early Computer Anumation
Episode 88
Digital animation has really become an artform in and of itself. In the current epoch these animations play out on fancy bitmapped displays, but it's origins are far more visceral. Or maybe we should…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago