From the folks who created the beautiful behind the scenes poster showing a cutaway of the original Mac, this litho is a gamer-themed street map made from the titles of over 500 video games and other references from the history of gaming.
History
The $20,000 iPod: vintage Apple products net the big bucks on eBay
I found this hard to believe. So I spent a bit of time on eBay.
Chernobyl: Thirty years ago today, a threat for 3,000 years
Riveting account of the disaster, with a first person accounting from one of the very few people who was there and lived to tell the tale.
Steve Jobs anecdote: Who is the most important person in the world?
An old anecdote, that’s been making its way around the internet the past few days. A solid story.
A photo of a lava flow at the heart of Chernobyl
This is an amazing photo and a terrific read.
Nine notebooks worth remembering
What was your first laptop? Mine was not on this list but it does have a Wikipedia page.
Why the iPad does not have a native calculator
The story (not clear if this is true) of Steve Jobs and the original iPad calculator.
The story behind Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water”
This is an old story, but I just encountered it, found it fascinating. All guitarists (at least of my generation) learn, at some point, the chords to Smoke on the Water. It’s just one of those foundational songs.
The words tell a story, something about a flare gun, Frank Zappa, a gambling house, and a big fire. The post is an interview with the person who owned the concert hall/casino where Frank Zappa was playing when the whole disaster went down.
Bill Atkinson on the birth of the Mac
[VIDEO] Bill Atkinson is one of the members of the original Mac development team. He created MacPaint, the QuickDraw toolbox (the underpinnings of the Mac’s graphical interface), and HyperCard, just to name a few of his many accomplishments.
This is a great interview, with lots of nice little touches, like Leo LaPorte pulling out his original copies of Inside Macintosh, the bible for us Mac developers.
Fortune poll: What is your favorite Apple product of all time?
Good question. My very first Mac, which I got in early 1984. Hard to match that purchase for pure product joy. But there are other choices.
Apple turns 40: Reflecting on four decades of history
This is a great collection of facts, images and movies, all to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of Apple. Dig in. Lovely job.
Follow-up on Steve Jobs and the historic Woodside mansion he demolished
An update on Steve Jobs’ Jackling mansion we posted about yesterday, as well as some pictures from the house just before Steve Jobs bought it.
Steve Jobs and the strange afterlife of the historic Woodside mansion he demolished
Fascinating story about Steve Jobs and his long, long legal battle to tear down a historic house.
Jean-Louis Gassée: Apple at 40
Jean-Louis Gassée, writing for Monday Note, takes a long look at the company he once helped run, as Apple approaches their 40th birthday later this week.
15 years of OS X: How Apple’s big gamble paid off
Ryan Faas walks through the history of the birth of OS X. Fascinating.
Groundbreaking comedian Garry Shandling dies at 66
My thoughts on the late, great Garry Shandling. With his original theme song.
$1,000 invested in Apple at its 1980 IPO is worth…
Click through to the main post to see the answer to the original query. Thanks to Wolfram Alpha and Robert Davey.
Om Malik reflects on ten years of Twitter
Two solid reads from Om Malik, one an article he wrote to introduce the world to Twitter, back in July 1996, and another present tense piece looking at his love for Twitter.
I’m Steve Wozniak – Ask me anything
Woz did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) yesterday. If you are a fan of Woz or of Apple history, this is worth a read. I really enjoyed it.
Newly released Woz bio from Reddit’s Formative series
This video shows Woz at his best, recounting key moments from his past that took him down the road to Apple.
More than 500 Apple II programs, ready to run in your browser
This is extraordinarily exciting for me. Of course, as a long, long time Apple user, I’m thrilled for the chance to play some old and deeply loved games from my past.
But coolness of all coolness, at least one of these is a game I helped write!!!
The man who shaped Steve Jobs’ love of fonts died at 83
A teacher at the very root of the Apple story. RIP Reverend Robert Palladino.
Fiat Chrysler chief: “Apple should not try making a car on its own”
Fascinating comment from Fiat-Chrysler chief and video of Steve Jobs rolling out a product that was the result of similar thinking.
Newly discovered video of Woz and Apple Fest from 1988
From the Apple User Group Connection, some newly digitized video tapes from 1988. There’s also a link to one of my favorite videos from long ago, Apple’s fantastic vision for the future, The Knowledge Navigator.
A guided tour through the very first Mac OS, System 1.0
A nostalgic look back at the OS that started it all.
The very first issue of Macworld magazine
Complete, browsable copies of Macworld, Compute!, Byte, all via Archive.org.
What it’s really like working with Steve Jobs
This essay, from Oct 2011, just after Steve died, popped up this morning on Hacker News and I thought it was worth a repost. It’s a terrific read.
Rare video from 1936: AT&T explains the brand new rotary dial telephone
[VIDEO] Imagine this scenario. All the telephones in the US operated without dials, all depended on a human operator connecting your call by hand. No phones had dials.
City by city, AT&T had to roll out new equipment, giving rotary dial telephones to everyone. They put out the word via a newsreel shown in the town’s movie theaters. See the video in the main post.
Newly restored footage of Steve Jobs and the NeXT introduction
[VIDEO] Steve Jobs, in between gigs at Apple.
San Francisco Chronicle finds treasure trove of legendary concert photos
This is a set of 43 photos from The Last Waltz concert from 1976. Brilliant find.