| Computing |
Every week |
Mondays |
Altair 8800: the empty box that started an industry
· 2026-08-31 |
| Code Editors |
Every week |
Mondays |
Cursor, 2023: the editor that already read the whole codebase
· 2026-08-31 |
| Software Architecture |
Every week |
Mondays |
Five milliseconds from everywhere
· 2026-08-31 |
| Cars |
Every week |
Mondays |
The 260 D: the first diesel passenger car
· 2026-08-31 |
| AI |
Every week |
Tuesdays |
Deep Blue beats Kasparov: the night the clock ran out on chess as a hard problem
· 2026-09-01 |
| Writing Systems |
Every week |
Tuesdays |
ASCII: the seven-bit truce that taught computers to speak
· 2026-09-01 |
| Programming Languages |
Every week |
Tuesdays |
JavaScript: the language that lied about its name
· 2026-09-01 |
| Coffee |
Every week |
Tuesdays |
The brass pot and the blotting paper: Melitta Bentz's 1908 coffee filter
· 2026-09-01 |
| Shoes |
Every week |
Wednesdays |
HOKA One One: the clown shoe that changed running
· 2026-09-02 |
| Timepieces |
Every week |
Wednesdays |
Apple Watch, 2015: the wristwatch that became a medical device
· 2026-09-02 |
| Phones |
Every week |
Wednesdays |
The Nokia 2110, or how a dead guitarist's exercise became a ringtone
· 2026-09-02 |
| Sports |
Every week |
Wednesdays |
The last joust: how a broken lance ended a king and a sport
· 2026-08-26 |
| Bridges |
Every week |
Thursdays |
The Humber Bridge and the curvature of the Earth
· 2026-09-03 |
| Locks & Keys |
Every week |
Thursdays |
SPG Keyless, or the hotel room that opened without a card
· 2026-09-03 |
| Maps |
Every week |
Thursdays |
OpenStreetMap: the map a bicycle started
· 2026-08-27 |
| Motorcycles |
Every week |
Thursdays |
Isle of Man TT 1907: the race that Britain couldn't hold
· 2026-08-27 |
| Money |
Every week |
Fridays |
The Fresno Drop: how BankAmericard became Visa
· 2026-08-28 |
| Cryptography |
Every week |
Fridays |
Shor's algorithm: the quantum proof that gave RSA a deadline
· 2026-08-28 |
| Video Games |
Every week |
Fridays |
World of Warcraft and the accidental epidemic
· 2026-08-28 |