The Science Elf

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  • Premiered: Jan 2016
  • Episodes: 52
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Season 2017
2017x1
Format Wars: ASCII vs EBCDIC
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Jan 13, 2017
The first episode of a new series I'm introducing, Format Wars. This episode focuses on the character encoding standards ASCII and EBCDIC, a fight between backwards compatibility and common sense.
2017x2
The Apple Newton
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Jan 28, 2017
This episode has no summary.
2017x6
The Agony of File Converters
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Mar 24, 2017
How difficult could it possibly be to copy files over to an Apple Newton from the internet? Particularly difficult.
2017x12
The Rise and Fall of Blackberry
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Jun 16, 2017
In a world dominated by smartphones and portable touchscreen devices, it's easy to forget a time when a pocket sized email device was the must-have item.
2017x13
Making XP Secure: The Story Behind SP2
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Jul 01, 2017
With Microsoft recently releasing the first XP update in three years in an effort to stop WannaCrypt, I thought it was appropriate to bring up the story of a previous XP update that made the OS more secure.
2017x15
The Story of BonziBuddy (1999-2004)
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Jul 28, 2017
A lot of people recognize the infamous purple gorilla spyware program, but few are aware that BonziBuddy was just one of the many applications created by Bonzi Software.
2017x21 Season finale
The Rise and Fall of Flash
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Dec 22, 2017
Shockwave/Macromedia/Adobe Flash was at one point an integral part of the web. Why then, is it a mostly forgotten and ignored software platform? Today, I'm taking a look at what caused the Rise and Fall of Flash.

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