Bits and Brits: The 1980s
This being the 30th anniversary year* of both the BBC Micro and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, I thought I’d take an opportunity to take a look back at a brief history of British computing. Nowadays it...
View ArticleTeletext Revival, Part 1: What Is It?
Welcome to Teletext, an ITV Teletext splash screen/index page. If you’re British, or even European in general, and you’re an adult, you probably remember the 8bit broadcast glory that was teletext. If...
View ArticleTeletext Revival, Part 2: Making It Work
This article is a continuation of my series on my attempts to bring teletext back to my TV, you can find the previous part here. I left off last time not knowing quite how to make things work, given my...
View ArticleGhost in the Machine: Your Digital Afterlife
On January 11th, Aaron Swartz passed away. If you’re not familiar with who he was and what he did, take a minute right now and look him up. A lot of focus was put on the circumstances of his death...
View ArticleDeveloping a Switching and Tally Interface for Wirecast and XSplit
While the TriCaster from NewTek has made great strides in decreasing the cost of video switching hardware, and can be credited with some of the rapid expansion of live streaming on the Internet, it...
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