The origin of it all

Someone in the comments section recently asked me to post the link to the inventor of the mouse, hypertext, etc. It is actually a whole team, led by a visionary, Doug Englebart, that came up with the idea of the mouse (and another weird device that did not remain, the chord keyset), cut-copy-paste, computer-assisted team work, a screen that can display graphics, and more.
And all this was demonstrated... in 1968! When you watch his complete demo, you just cannot stop thinking how much all of this still applies to what we have gotten to expect from our computers today.



The YouTube video above is just the first part of the demo (since YouTube limits the size of uploads). You may go to this page on YouTube for to have the other parts shown in succession automatically, or to that one on Google Video for the whole enchilada (but it does not always work).

The story of the Amiga

If you are old enough to remember the Amiga, you might be interested in that very good write-up of the history of that astonishing computer, brought to us by Ars Technica:

• Part 1: Genesis
• Part 2: The birth of Amiga
• Part 3: The first prototype

I am eagerly waiting for more on this...
By the way, if you are interested in what Carl Sassenrath does these days, check out Rebol.