Ron Haliburton is one of the few designers of electro-mechanical games that moved on into early video games! His work with All-Tech and Allied Leisure were stellar examples of late EM design. Check out the article for info on Alyssa' project!

I spoke with UVA Today about how the unearthing of a long extinct arcade machine led to my collaboration with Allied Leisure's co-founder, Ron Halliburton. Check it out: news.virginia.edu/content/pres...

Of the belief that everyone needs an arcade machine that they share one communal braincell with

Happy Leland Melvin day to all who celebrate. 💚

Rocky's catchphrase from 'Project Hail Mary' was mentioned by the NASA team during the Artemis II mission 'Amaze, amaze, amaze'

53 years ago today, Atari released Pong Developed by Al Alcorn, he installed the prototype machine at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, CA. A week later, the owner called to report it was broken. When Al went in to fix it he found that the coin box was jammed full #pong #atari #arcade #1970s

The 1977 Coleco Telstar Arcade answered the question, "What if a game console looked like a Wild West take on the TARDIS console?"

The work is mysterious and important #Severance

Man, 80s computer books made even non-relational databases look fun. (Source.)

I loved doing this Q&A with @histoftech.bsky.social on the end of AOL dial-up 🌏…☎️💻

I gave a talk about my paper last month with this as the title slide. Can you tell I recently watched #Murderbot? 🔭 #Exoplanets

Sleep Token 📷 First Horizon Coliseum

"If you want a computer that won't be obsolete in a few years, buy an MSX. If you want one of the best-selling MSX computers in Japan, buy a Toshiba HX10." (Source.)

How to Send a Bot Off on a Rant? Just Mention Star Trek (The New York Times, 1999)

Happy first day of classes, Hoos! 🧡💙 #UVA #DataScience

Somehow pulled a Fuji KM-2 on Skycards this weekend

AOL is shutting down its dial-up internet after 34 years on September 30

Three years ago, @davidagranoff.bsky.social discussed parallels between Severance and the works of Philip K. Dick. Now he turns to season two: #Severance reactormag.com/i-am-a-perso...

Are you interested in learning more about how gender is shaped by digitization and platform governance? Join us on Aug 28 11am EDT for the 3rd event in the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series with Julie Owono & Coleen Carrigan. Free & open to the public. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

DUNE paintings by John Schoenherr | Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 2 (1981)

We're delighted to reveal the cover for @zanzjan.bsky.social's Ode to the Half-Broken: a new hopepunk novel following a robot reckoning with their past and choosing a new future 🤖🌱 reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Jupiter and Io from Voyager 2 on June 25, 1979.

"Paul, we're doing an article about data compression techniques. We just need something that illustrates compressing data." "Say no more, Cliff."

If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

The Black Hole (1979): The practical model of the USS Cygnus was filmed in front of a starfield, not a blue screen ☝️

The Honeywell Kitchen Computer • At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California • In the 1969 Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book • In the December 12, 1969 edition of Life magazine