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AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web (lemmy.capebreton.social)

In 1994, Ted Leonsis was the head of the new media marketing firm he created, Redgate Communications, spun out six years earlier from a CD-ROM based computer shopping business. Redgate dealed in digital media—sometimes called new media—new territory in the marketing world. And he was pretty good at it. That year, he went out...

The Trojan Room coffee pot was switched off at 09:54 UTC on 22 August 2001 (lemmy.capebreton.social)

The Trojan Room coffee pot was a coffee machine located in the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, England. Created in 1991 by Quentin Stafford-Fraser and Paul Jardetzky, it was migrated from their laboratory network to the web in 1993 becoming the world’s first webcam....

Stephen "Steve" Gary Wozniak was born on this day (Aug 11 1950) (lemmy.capebreton.social)

Stephen Gary Wozniak (/ˈwɒzniæk/; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname “Woz”, is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer scientist, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became...

Where Do Dwarf-Eating Carp Come From? (Published 2011) (lemmy.capebreton.social)

Tarn Adams was in the carpeted spare bedroom that serves as his work space, trying to avert an apocalyptic outbreak of vampire dwarves. “If they just run wild biting people, half the dwarves in the colony will be infected in no time,” he said, shaking his head. “That would be no fun.” He was silent for a moment. “Maybe...

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - Wikipedia (lemmy.capebreton.social)

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (ISBN 0-385-19195-2) is a book by Steven Levy about hacker culture. It was published in 1984 in Garden City, New York by Doubleday. Levy describes the people, the machines, and the events that defined the Hacker Culture and the Hacker Ethic, from the early mainframe hackers at MIT, to...

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