The Science Elf

I've been holding onto these clips for years, and now I finally think I can make a video with them. This time, we're taking a look at some of the strangest videos to ever come out of Microsoft.

In the 90s, Microsoft was the undeniable ruler of PC industry, but all it took was one pesky web browser to bring it all crashing down. This is the story of how that didn't happen.

Today, we have computers that fit in our pockets, networks that span the globe, and delivery systems that can get physical items from one side of the world to the other, all thanks to the 50 year quest to computerize the process of ordering pizzas.

What do Club Penguin, a thrifted answering machine, and a rock band all have in common? Find out in possibly the strangest video I've ever researched.

15 years ago, it was an open question as to whether PCs would get smaller, or if smartphones would get smarter. Sony jumped in on the UMPC craze with the Vaio UX line, a family of PCs you could hold in your hand.

On nearly every Texas Instruments graphing calculator, there's a small "headphone" jack along the top. While the port wasn't originally designed for audio, there are some pretty interesting external hardware hacks that can be done through this port.

In 1982, the Vectrex was leaps and bounds ahead of its home video game console contemporaries in terms of graphics. All it took was some unique video hardware, and a few clever programming tricks.

For nearly 50 years, computers have been getting infected with worms and viruses, programs designed to spread from machine to machine. In this video, we take a look at how these digital diseases got their start, alongside more unique examples of self-replicating software.