I’m covering all my areas of interest this week, or nearly so.

• Famous computer history quotes, some probably new to you.
• The Bit Player, a movie about Claude Shannon, and a review of it.
• A new Cyriak video, Breakfast.  Another attempt to describe fractal infinity, I think.  (via)
• D&D plus Shakespeare.  (via)
• The Design of Dungeons and Dragons.  Talking about the books themselves, not the game.  (via)
• Noise Machines, including the nonrepeating sound of a data center.  (via)
• Oddball analog smartphones.
• Voyager 1 and 2 are still talking, still active, and possibly the highest-latency communication problem possible.   (via)
• Old video game advertisements.  (via)
• Absolute scale corrupts absolutely.  Lots of great pull quotes in this.
• Tumblr, the Day After.  As a counterpoint to the last link, WordPress and Tumblr are two social networks that do not financially depend on either damaging privacy or encouraging outrage.
• Waldenponding, a term new to me.
• Paul Ford Uses This.  I’ve linked to his excellent writing before.
• Chesses, variations on chess.  Immediately understandable, and playable if you have a second player right there.  (via)