Benj Edwards
@benjedwards.com
Senior AI Reporter, Ars Technica. Tech Historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
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Benj Edwards
@benjedwards.com
· Nov 8
Vintage Computing and Gaming
VC&G is a blog about computer, video game, and technology history founded in 2005 and run by Benj Edwards.
www.vintagecomputing.com
Someone suggested I start a retro tech blog—I already did in 2005! 😁 www.vintagecomputing.com
560+ more works: www.benjedwards.com/works.php
Culture of Tech podcast: www.thecultureoftech.com
Retro works for HTG: www.howtogeek.com/826448/best-...
MIT Press book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506...
560+ more works: www.benjedwards.com/works.php
Culture of Tech podcast: www.thecultureoftech.com
Retro works for HTG: www.howtogeek.com/826448/best-...
MIT Press book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204506...
Today I made a IRC-style chatroom with channels and DMs for my Claude Code agents to ask each-other troubleshooting questions while developing apps. Sometimes one instance will have the proper context (including history, docs, tools, etc) that another lacks and asking for help can be a quick fix
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Today I made a IRC-style chatroom with channels and DMs for my Claude Code agents to ask each-other troubleshooting questions while developing apps. Sometimes one instance will have the proper context (including history, docs, tools, etc) that another lacks and asking for help can be a quick fix
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February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedIn
Posted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The Bad Bunny halftime show was awesome imo, I had no idea who he was, had never seen or heard him in my life, but it was fun
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The Bad Bunny halftime show was awesome imo, I had no idea who he was, had never seen or heard him in my life, but it was fun
Wish her a speedy recovery. I’m 44 and one time I just kinda “looked the wrong direction” too fast and my neck hurt for six months
The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote. n.pr/45Z6V4q
Lindsey Vonn says she suffered 'complex tibia fracture' in her Olympic downhill crash
The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Wish her a speedy recovery. I’m 44 and one time I just kinda “looked the wrong direction” too fast and my neck hurt for six months
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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This is how I plan to retire. Just me and my wife in our CGI forest house, farming Platonic solids
August 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is how I plan to retire. Just me and my wife in our CGI forest house, farming Platonic solids
This is great
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
This is great
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fyi if you try to tell me what salesforce does i soft reboot
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
fyi if you try to tell me what salesforce does i soft reboot
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Some of the hardware out at the WCC show in Janesville today!
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Some of the hardware out at the WCC show in Janesville today!
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"I wouldn't buy green bananas if I were you" is going to live in my brain for years
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"I wouldn't buy green bananas if I were you" is going to live in my brain for years
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On one level heartwarming. on the other, this is completely bone chilling total surveillance state stuff. imagine this in the hands of an authoritarian government.
February 8, 2026 at 5:49 PM
On one level heartwarming. on the other, this is completely bone chilling total surveillance state stuff. imagine this in the hands of an authoritarian government.
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A super bowl featuring a superb owl.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
February 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A super bowl featuring a superb owl.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.
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These road intersections look beautiful!
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
These road intersections look beautiful!
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Great animation @jmechner.bsky.social ! I’m just getting 30 years late, but still I liked it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Great animation @jmechner.bsky.social ! I’m just getting 30 years late, but still I liked it.
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In England they call him Naughty Rabbit
February 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In England they call him Naughty Rabbit
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A deadly encounter on the streets of 21st Century Kyoto in the wake of devastation from an earthquake that also unleashed a horde of demons - and magic back into the world.
A point-and-click and RPG hybrid that received an English translation in 2019.
📺: Makyouden, Nihon-Create, 1992 (PC-9801)
A point-and-click and RPG hybrid that received an English translation in 2019.
📺: Makyouden, Nihon-Create, 1992 (PC-9801)
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
A deadly encounter on the streets of 21st Century Kyoto in the wake of devastation from an earthquake that also unleashed a horde of demons - and magic back into the world.
A point-and-click and RPG hybrid that received an English translation in 2019.
📺: Makyouden, Nihon-Create, 1992 (PC-9801)
A point-and-click and RPG hybrid that received an English translation in 2019.
📺: Makyouden, Nihon-Create, 1992 (PC-9801)
There’s probably some ancient Sumerian joke on a clay tablet that goes like this:
Person 1: You get mad no matter what I say
Person 2: How dare you say that!
Person 1: You get mad no matter what I say
Person 2: How dare you say that!
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
There’s probably some ancient Sumerian joke on a clay tablet that goes like this:
Person 1: You get mad no matter what I say
Person 2: How dare you say that!
Person 1: You get mad no matter what I say
Person 2: How dare you say that!
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Show me a sentient fireball capable of climbing ladders, and then we’ll talk.
February 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Show me a sentient fireball capable of climbing ladders, and then we’ll talk.
I forgot to tell everyone that last month I used Claude Code to perform an experimental forensic analysis and disassembly of Wizard of Wor on Atari 800
You can find the files here!
www.bxfoundry.com/wor800/
You can find the files here!
www.bxfoundry.com/wor800/
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I forgot to tell everyone that last month I used Claude Code to perform an experimental forensic analysis and disassembly of Wizard of Wor on Atari 800
You can find the files here!
www.bxfoundry.com/wor800/
You can find the files here!
www.bxfoundry.com/wor800/
Speaking of Wizard of Wor
My brother playing Wizard of Wor on the Atari 800 in 1999, in a little vintage computer area I set up at my parents' house -- My last retro hurrah just before I moved out😁
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Speaking of Wizard of Wor
Crap it turns out I brought Wizard of Wor to BYATWD last year too!
Today is “Bring Your Atari to Work Day” and I brought in my son, this Atari 800XL, to show it how news articles are made
We also played Wizard of Wor together. A good lad, he is. @rectapete.bsky.social
We also played Wizard of Wor together. A good lad, he is. @rectapete.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Crap it turns out I brought Wizard of Wor to BYATWD last year too!