IPv4 history

How we came to run out of IP addresses.

2026-01-19 · 12 min

Final notes on Notes

The application people love to hate.

2020-10-03 · 6 min

SSDs, or everything old is new again

They’re not necessarily a better choice than spinning rust.

2015-12-21 · 6 min

The worst mergers and acquisitions

Often technologies die for reasons that have nothing to do with technology.

2015-11-01 · 7 min

Hypertext and software patents

Prior art from a long time ago.

2015-09-01 · 1 min

Teletext and hypertext

The web before the web.

2014-05-06 · 4 min

The x86

The design Intel keeps trying to get rid of.

2013-04-03 · 17 min