retrocomputing 10 PRINT: a book about a one-line Commodore 64 BASIC program Rob Beschizza

History Thomas Eugene Kurtz, co-inventor of BASIC, dead at 96 Rob Beschizza

History Programming language BASIC is 60 years old Rob Beschizza

websites Go full 80s bedroom coder with a site full of virtual 8-bit computers Rob Beschizza

Vintage computers Watch this guy write a BASIC program for "Snake" on an Apple ][ Mark Frauenfelder

computers Code BBC Basic online (or just enjoy the wild tweet-size demos) Rob Beschizza

computers Arnold Spielberg (Steven's dad) developed the first computer to run BASIC in 1964 Mark Frauenfelder

History 1930 film may be the first how-to video in history Grant St. Clair

design Side-by-side: how macOS app icons changed from Tahoe to the next beta Ellsworth Toohey

Science Liquid water may be two different structures constantly swapping back and forth Ellsworth Toohey

privacy A million passports leaked online by marijuana club portal Rob Beschizza

commodore The Commodore Callback 8020 is a retro cool audio-centric flip phone that blocks social media apps Gail Sherman

Science Dissolving crust on dead lithium batteries allows restoration to 95% original capacity Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275 Boing Boing's Shop

mental health Mushrooms got him off antidepressants, so he built TripSitter Ellsworth Toohey

Whiskey Pete discovers viruses do not respect vaccine freedom speeches Jason Weisberger

Technology AI-designed radio chips look like QR codes and beat human ones Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Deal Days cuts Microsoft Office Professional 2021 from $220 to $30 Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures Venice residents add coyotes to the coexistence curriculum Jason Weisberger

Science A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form Ruben Bolling