The History of the Mouse Cursor [Video]
The history of the humble mouse cursor by sound designer Michiel de Boer. [Posy | Via TA]
Category Archives: Hardware
New Phone? New iPad? Manage & Transfer All of Your iOS Data (Like Photos & Music) Between Devices With iMazing 2 (Mac and PC)
iMazing calls itself the Swiss Army Knife of iPhone, iPad, and iPod management because it lets you truly manage your mobile data the way you want to. This all-purpose tool lets you easily browse and manage your backups, extract and print your text messages, drag and drop songs to your iPhone – all without jailbreaking […]
Michael Jackson’s Thriller Performed by a Hardware Orchestra [Video]
Watch as Paweł Zadrożniak’s Flopportron performs a geektastic version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller or a variety of computer peripherals, including scanners, hard drives, and floppy drives. [Paweł Zadrożniak]
The Evolution of Computer Motherboards: From 1990 to Today
PC motherboard technologies and developments from the early 1990s to the present day. For some, this will be pure retro computing nostalgia. For others, a peek into the history of the desktop PC. [xplainingComputers | Via BoingBoing]
Force Quitting your Computer: What it Looks Like vs How it Feels [Pic]
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The History Behind Ctrl+Alt+Del
We’ve only got one life to live, but thanks to three simple keystrokes, at least we can restart our PCs! This is the story of how one clever man created Control-Alt-Delete: a relatively tiny engineering tweak that changed IBM computers, and mortal existence as we know it. [Great Big Story]
AMAZING DEAL: Give a MAJOR Speed Boost to Your PC with This 128GB SSD! Just $24.99!
Interested in giving your PC a MAJOR speed boost? 128GB is more than enough to run Windows or the Linux distribution of your choice! This 128GB SSD from Silicon Power has amazing reviews, and today, Amazon has it for just $24.99. You can also get the 240GB version for $37.99. –Silicon Power 128GB SSD 3D […]
HOW TO: Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum [Video]
How to fix your PC using a pendulum, channeling the mystical energy field around all electronic things to solve computer problems. Please note that calibrating your pendulum using a photo of Steve Ballmer is of utmost importance, even though he’s not CEO of Microsoft anymore. [dowsingdan | Via TA]