Rick Astley: Retired at 28, Revived by the Internet's Biggest Prank
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1987, a 21-year-old Rick Astley released a debut single that hit number one in the US, the UK...
8 Okt 18min
Herman Hollerith: The Punch Card Inventor Whose Machines Became IBM
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On a train in the American West, engineer Herman Hollerith watched a conductor punch holes in a ...
8 Okt 22min
Poe's Law: Why Online Satire and Extremism Look Exactly Alike
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!You read a post so outrageous you cannot tell whether its author is a sincere fanatic or a deadp...
8 Okt 20min
Phishing: From AOL Chat Room Scams to AI Lures and Stolen Sessions
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On July 15, 2020, the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, and Apple all prom...
8 Okt 23min
The Pager: A 75-Year History From Doctors' Leash to Deadly Weapon
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The first telephone pager system was patented in 1949 by Al Gross, and the first practical servi...
8 Okt 21min
Nyan Cat: How a Charity Doodle Became a $587,000 NFT
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 2011, Christopher Torres, a 25-year-old artist in Dallas, Texas, was taking drawing req...
8 Okt 22min
NCSA Mosaic: The Forgotten Browser That Sparked the Dot-Com Boom
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In November 1992 there were exactly 26 websites in the world. By August 1995 there were more tha...
8 Okt 19min
The Barcode: From Morse Code in the Sand to the Supermarket Beep
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 26, 1974, a cashier at a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, scanned a 10-pack of Wrigley's...
8 Okt 27min
