Tech reporter, tech historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts podcast. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mm5tojzp6c2qWorld’s greatest CD holder alert 😜18 May 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5tojzp6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mm5tchxce22kPeople talk a lot about the social consequences of the Internet, and yeah it has drawbacks, but I have met the best people I know on the Internet, including my wife! And some of the best friends I've ever had. Remember that there is good with the bad and the world is not black and white18 May 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5tchxce22khttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mm2nhdrptc2wI wanna start an arcade where the machines only accept 1970s Eisenhower dollar coins17 May 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2nhdrptc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mm2mrumbps2wHas anyone out there made a custom two-player arcade control panel that drops into an existing Ms. Pac-Man upright cabinet17 May 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2mrumbps2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mly7pygrx222Has anyone seen this Atari ST monitor stand before and know what it was called? It has an interesting design where the shelf nestles into the little grove on the top of the ST. kinda cool!16 May 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly7pygrx222https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mlkbgt5t422uI would non-ironically wear this Golden Nature Guide Non-Flowering Plants book cover on a T-shirt11 May 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkbgt5t422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mletanbhq223Your mid-life crisis might be a sports car. Mine is a coin-operated 1981 Bally Wizard of Wor arcade machine 😊 Might as well enjoy the time I have left on this strange planet, 25 cents at a time08 May 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mletanbhq223https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mkuqkm375s2pIn my mom’s old papers I recently found two original dot matrix banners created and printed by Broderbund’s The Print Shop on our Apple II in the early-mid 1980s Was thinking about hanging them up in the house and seeing my wife’s reaction 😜02 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuqkm375s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mkxpik2t6k2xWow actual Print Shop developer! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxpik2t6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mkuqkm375s2pIn my mom’s old papers I recently found two original dot matrix banners created and printed by Broderbund’s The Print Shop on our Apple II in the early-mid 1980s Was thinking about hanging them up in the house and seeing my wife’s reaction 😜02 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuqkm375s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mkqjexfnms2bLook ma, I’m playing Wizard of Wor in 3D 😜30 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqjexfnms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mknykydiu22lSh*t just got real y’all29 Apr 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknykydiu22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mknxb5btfk22Thank you for being a friend https://media.tenor.com/CaoHHoTwpcMAAAAC/hug-golden-girls.gif?hh=325&ww=49829 Apr 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:v5u3yomwf7prargedwuq3b34/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknxb5btfk22