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politics Trump is having another meltdown because he's confused about how TV works Ellsworth Toohey

computer history Watch the 1968 Bell Labs documentary that inspired HAL 9000's famous death scene Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Sony's PVM-4300 was the "biggest CRT ever made" Rob Beschizza

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Games Play classic video poker (for free) in the browser Rob Beschizza

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tech How did Blade Runner's tech predictions stack up? Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Why CRTs are great for modern video games Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets What it's like to use a 5″ Black and White TV as a computer monitor Rob Beschizza

arcades The sad slow death of cathode ray tubes Rob Beschizza

Games Cuphead on an old black and white TV Rob Beschizza

Technology Supply of old-fashioned CRT arcade monitors dries up Rob Beschizza

Technology Hugo Gernsback's 1963 television eyeglasses anticipated virtual reality David Pescovitz

happy mutants Dead media soundboard: the Museum of Endangered Sounds Cory Doctorow

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