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Bread End

Why are the heel pieces, or end pieces, of bread seen as undesirable compared to the rest of the loaf—and what kind of waste does that create, anyway?

Mar 03, 2020

Rental Self-Own

How the music industry let the perfect solution to file-sharing fall through its fingers in the ’80s—or how record rentals bolstered Japan’s music industry.

Aug 06, 2019

The Platform Microsoft Forgot

The MSX computer standard was big in both Japan and Brazil. But despite a sizable cult, it may be the most obscure part of Microsoft’s history. Here’s why.

Jan 29, 2019

The Internet's Final Frontier

Pondering the nature of digital connectivity in the one room nobody wants to consider internet access in, even though we use it all the time: The restroom.

Jul 05, 2018

Out Of Memory Error

In the mid-1980s, the RAM industry and the oil industry had a lot in common: The price fluctuations could get severe. Things got really bad in 1988.

Nov 24, 2016

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