{"id":2986,"date":"2021-07-22T10:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2021-07-22T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:16:34","slug":"wowzers-46-more-how-to-geek-history-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/2986\/wowzers-46-more-how-to-geek-history-articles","title":{"rendered":"Wowzers! 46 More How-To Geek History Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2999 centered shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter.jpg\" alt=\"The Commodore VIC-20\" width=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/vic_20_for_twitter-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I joined How-To Geek in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/2793\/benj-writes-history-at-how-to-geek\">February 2020<\/a>, and I&#8217;ve been regularly writing tech history-related features in addition to my usual how-to pieces. At the moment, they&#8217;re usually published every Monday or on special anniversaries.<\/p>\n<p>Since my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/2793\/benj-writes-history-at-how-to-geek\">first post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/2816\/more-how-to-geek-history-articles-from-benj\">second post<\/a> detailing my history-related How-To Geek articles, I&#8217;ve written 46 more pieces that may be of interest to <em>VC&amp;G<\/em> readers (bringing the total to 66, I think). Man, I&#8217;ve been busy! This is the kind of writing I always wanted to do for <em>Vintage Computing and Gaming<\/em> if my Patreon had ever been fully funded. Luckily, I&#8217;ve got a great thing going at How-To Geek.<\/p>\n<p>I realize this list is almost incomprehensibly long, so I&#8217;ll try to break it into categories. I also wanted to have a record of all of them in one place, which will help when referring to them in the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Benj&#8217;s Recent History Articles Sorted by Category<\/h2>\n<h3>Online History<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/684735\/why-2020-is-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-irc\/\">Why 2020 Is the Perfect Time to Revisit IRC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/686600\/remember-bbses-heres-how-you-can-visit-one-today\/\">Remember BBSes? Here\u2019s How You Can Visit One Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/692445\/remembering-geocities-the-1990s-precursor-to-social-media\/\">Remembering GeoCities, the 1990s Precursor to Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/694386\/7-nostalgic-halloween-websites-from-the-90s-and-2000s\/\">7 Nostalgic Halloween Websites from the \u201990s and 2000s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tech Explainers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/683823\/why-does-the-caps-lock-key-exist-and-why-was-it-created\/\">The History of Caps Lock: Why Does the Caps Lock Key Exist?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/699698\/why-did-90s-pcs-have-keyhole-locks-and-what-did-they-do\/\">Why Did \u201990s PCs Have Keyhole Locks, and What Did They Do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/701786\/why-do-keyboards-have-a-windows-key-heres-where-it-started\/\">Why Do Keyboards Have a Windows Key? Here\u2019s Where It Started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/711060\/from-keen-to-doom-id-softwares-founders-talk-30-years-of-gaming-history\/\">Where Did the Numeric Keypads on PC Keyboards Come From?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/721811\/how-to-run-windows-3s-file-manager-in-windows-10\/\">What Does \u201cBurning a CD\u201d Mean?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/722863\/what-is-a-crt-and-why-dont-we-use-them-anymore\/\">What Is a CRT, and Why Don\u2019t We Use Them Anymore?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/726020\/what-is-a-computer-bug-and-where-did-the-term-come-from\/\">What Is a \u201cComputer Bug,\u201d and Where Did the Term Come From?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/727213\/what-are-teletypes-and-why-were-they-used-with-computers\/\">What Are Teletypes, and Why Were They Used with Computers?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/728527\/what-is-shareware-and-why-was-it-so-popular-in-the-1990s\/\">What Is Shareware, and Why Was It So Popular in the 1990s?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Historic OS Explainers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/688970\/what-was-ibms-os2-and-why-did-it-matter\/\">What Was IBM\u2019s OS\/2, and Why Did It Lose to Windows?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/696193\/what-was-beos-and-why-did-people-love-it\/\">What Was BeOS, and Why Did People Love It<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/698532\/before-mac-os-x-what-was-nextstep-and-why-did-people-love-it\/\">What Was NeXTSTEP, and Why Did People Love It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/704727\/30-years-of-vorticons-how-commander-keen-changed-pc-gaming\/\">What Was CP\/M, and Why Did It Lose to MS-DOS?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Gaming<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/693898\/30-years-of-minesweeper-sudoku-with-explosions\/\">30 Years of \u2018Minesweeper\u2019 (Sudoku with Explosions)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/693764\/5-creepy-retro-pc-games-to-play-this-halloween\/\">5 Creepy Retro PC Games to Play This Halloween<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/706248\/what-was-the-game-genie-cheat-device-and-how-did-it-work\/\">What Was the \u201cGame Genie\u201d Cheat Device, and How Did It Work?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/704727\/30-years-of-vorticons-how-commander-keen-changed-pc-gaming\/\">30 Years of Vorticons: How Commander Keen Changed PC Gaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/711060\/from-keen-to-doom-id-softwares-founders-talk-30-years-of-gaming-history\/\">From Keen to Doom: id Software\u2019s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/696738\/did-you-know-the-gps-triangle-cursor-comes-from-ataris-asteroids\/\">Did You Know? The GPS Triangle Cursor Comes From Atari\u2019s Asteroids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/713532\/before-fortnite-there-was-zzt-meet-epics-first-game\/\">Before Fortnite, There Was ZZT: Meet Epic\u2019s First Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/714581\/why-were-old-video-games-so-pixelated\/\">Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/735446\/how-quake-shook-the-world-quake-turns-25\/\">How Quake Shook the World: Quake Turns 25<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Microsoft \/ Windows<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/685668\/windows-95-turns-25-heres-how-it-transformed-pcs\/\">Windows 95 Turns 25: When Windows Went Mainstream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/703977\/what-was-windows-ce-and-why-did-people-use-it\/\">What Was Windows CE, and Why Did People Use It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/700661\/35-years-of-microsoft-windows-remembering-windows-1.0\/\">35 Years of Microsoft Windows: Remembering Windows 1.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/713532\/before-fortnite-there-was-zzt-meet-epics-first-game\/\">Dogs, Dinosaurs, and Wine: The Lost CD-ROMs of Microsoft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/717105\/the-10-greatest-versions-of-windows-ranked\/\">The 10 Greatest Versions of Windows, Ranked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/721811\/how-to-run-windows-3s-file-manager-in-windows-10\/\">How to Run Windows 3\u2019s File Manager in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/720504\/the-6-worst-versions-of-windows-ranked\/\">The 6 Worst Versions of Windows, Ranked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/723648\/did-you-know-microsoft-made-a-kids-word-processor-in-the-1990s\/\">Did You Know? Microsoft Made a Kids\u2019 Word Processor in the 1990s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/733912\/a-visual-history-of-windows-icons-from-windows-1-to-11\/\">A Visual History of Windows Icons: From Windows 1 to 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/739100\/how-to-install-windows-31-on-an-ipad\/\">How to Install Windows 3.1 on an iPad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Apple\u00a0 \/ Mac<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/684735\/why-2020-is-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-irc\/\">20 Years Later: How the Mac OS X Public Beta Saved the Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/732546\/macintosh-system-1-what-was-apples-mac-os-1.0-like\/\">Macintosh System 1: What Was Apple\u2019s Mac OS 1.0 Like?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Anniversaries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/704727\/30-years-of-vorticons-how-commander-keen-changed-pc-gaming\/\">25 Years of Making Connections With USB (After Three Attempts)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/721811\/how-to-run-windows-3s-file-manager-in-windows-10\/\">The First PC to Sell Millions: Commodore VIC-20 Turns 40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/726020\/what-is-a-computer-bug-and-where-did-the-term-come-from\/\">A Successful Failure: The TI-99\/4A Turns 40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/740436\/from-idea-to-icon-50-years-of-the-floppy-disk\/\">From Idea to Icon: 50 Years of the Floppy Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/741726\/why-do-mice-have-scroll-wheels-microsoft-intellimouse-turns-25\/\">Why Do Mice Have Scroll Wheels? Microsoft Intellimouse Turns 25<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Miscellaneous<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/688970\/what-was-ibms-os2-and-why-did-it-matter\/\">A Vintage Atari Is an Amazing Weather Terminal in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/719443\/whats-the-best-way-to-buy-a-vintage-computer\/\">What\u2019s The Best Way to Buy a Vintage Computer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/737306\/how-the-print-shop-turned-people-into-banner-wizards-in-the-1980s\/\">How \u201cThe Print Shop\u201d Turned People into Banner Wizards in the 1980s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Raw Chronological List<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keen_hero_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" class=\"centered shadow wp-image-3006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keen_hero_5.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keen_hero_5-200x92.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keen_hero_5-400x185.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keen_hero_5-450x208.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are my 46 latest How-To Geek history articles sorted from oldest to newest (August 8, 2020 to July 22, 2021):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/683823\/why-does-the-caps-lock-key-exist-and-why-was-it-created\/\">The History of Caps Lock: Why Does the Caps Lock Key Exist?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/684735\/why-2020-is-the-perfect-time-to-revisit-irc\/\">Why 2020 Is the Perfect Time to Revisit IRC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/685668\/windows-95-turns-25-heres-how-it-transformed-pcs\/\">Windows 95 Turns 25: When Windows Went Mainstream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/686600\/remember-bbses-heres-how-you-can-visit-one-today\/\">Remember BBSes? Here\u2019s How You Can Visit One Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/689489\/20-years-later-how-the-mac-os-x-public-beta-saved-the-mac\/\">20 Years Later: How the Mac OS X Public Beta Saved the Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/688970\/what-was-ibms-os2-and-why-did-it-matter\/\">What Was IBM\u2019s OS\/2, and Why Did It Lose to Windows?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/692445\/remembering-geocities-the-1990s-precursor-to-social-media\/\">Remembering GeoCities, the 1990s Precursor to Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/693898\/30-years-of-minesweeper-sudoku-with-explosions\/\">30 Years of \u2018Minesweeper\u2019 (Sudoku with Explosions)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/693764\/5-creepy-retro-pc-games-to-play-this-halloween\/\">5 Creepy Retro PC Games to Play This Halloween<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/696193\/what-was-beos-and-why-did-people-love-it\/\">What Was BeOS, and Why Did People Love It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/694386\/7-nostalgic-halloween-websites-from-the-90s-and-2000s\/\">7 Nostalgic Halloween Websites from the \u201990s and 2000s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/697300\/a-vintage-atari-is-an-amazing-weather-terminal-in-2020\/\">A Vintage Atari Is an Amazing Weather Terminal in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/698532\/before-mac-os-x-what-was-nextstep-and-why-did-people-love-it\/\">Before Mac OS X: What Was NeXTSTEP, and Why Did People Love It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/699698\/why-did-90s-pcs-have-keyhole-locks-and-what-did-they-do\/\">Why Did \u201990s PCs Have Keyhole Locks, and What Did They Do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/700661\/35-years-of-microsoft-windows-remembering-windows-1.0\/\">35 Years of Microsoft Windows: Remembering Windows 1.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/701786\/why-do-keyboards-have-a-windows-key-heres-where-it-started\/\">Why Do Keyboards Have a Windows Key? Here\u2019s Where It Started<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/704727\/30-years-of-vorticons-how-commander-keen-changed-pc-gaming\/\">30 Years of Vorticons: How Commander Keen Changed PC Gaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/706248\/what-was-the-game-genie-cheat-device-and-how-did-it-work\/\">What Was the \u201cGame Genie\u201d Cheat Device, and How Did It Work?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/709208\/25-years-of-making-connections-with-usb-after-three-attempts\/\">25 Years of Making Connections With USB (After Three Attempts)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/703977\/what-was-windows-ce-and-why-did-people-use-it\/\">What Was Windows CE, and Why Did People Use It?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/711060\/from-keen-to-doom-id-softwares-founders-talk-30-years-of-gaming-history\/\">From Keen to Doom: id Software\u2019s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/696738\/did-you-know-the-gps-triangle-cursor-comes-from-ataris-asteroids\/\">Did You Know? The GPS Triangle Cursor Comes From Atari\u2019s Asteroids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/712635\/where-did-the-numeric-keypads-on-pc-keyboards-come-from\/\">Where Did the Numeric Keypads on PC Keyboards Come From?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/713532\/before-fortnite-there-was-zzt-meet-epics-first-game\/\">Before Fortnite, There Was ZZT: Meet Epic\u2019s First Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/714581\/why-were-old-video-games-so-pixelated\/\">Why Were Old Video Games So Pixelated?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/715807\/dogs-dinosaurs-and-wine-the-lost-cd-roms-of-microsoft\/\">Dogs, Dinosaurs, and Wine: The Lost CD-ROMs of Microsoft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/717105\/the-10-greatest-versions-of-windows-ranked\/\">The 10 Greatest Versions of Windows, Ranked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/718124\/what-was-cpm-and-why-did-it-lose-to-ms-dos\/\">What Was CP\/M, and Why Did It Lose to MS-DOS?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/719443\/whats-the-best-way-to-buy-a-vintage-computer\/\">What\u2019s the Best Way to Buy a Vintage Computer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/721811\/how-to-run-windows-3s-file-manager-in-windows-10\/\">How to Run Windows 3\u2019s File Manager in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/720504\/the-6-worst-versions-of-windows-ranked\/\">The 6 Worst Versions of Windows, Ranked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/721899\/what-does-burning-a-cd-mean\/\">What Does \u201cBurning a CD\u201d Mean?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/722863\/what-is-a-crt-and-why-dont-we-use-them-anymore\/\">What Is a CRT, and Why Don\u2019t We Use Them Anymore?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/723648\/did-you-know-microsoft-made-a-kids-word-processor-in-the-1990s\/\">Did You Know? Microsoft Made a Kids\u2019 Word Processor in the 1990s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/724683\/the-first-pc-to-sell-millions-commodore-vic-20-turns-40\/\">The First PC to Sell Millions: Commodore VIC-20 Turns 40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/726020\/what-is-a-computer-bug-and-where-did-the-term-come-from\/\">What Is a \u201cComputer Bug,\u201d and Where Did the Term Come From?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/727213\/what-are-teletypes-and-why-were-they-used-with-computers\/\">What Are Teletypes, and Why Were They Used with Computers?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/728527\/what-is-shareware-and-why-was-it-so-popular-in-the-1990s\/\">What Is Shareware, and Why Was It So Popular in the 1990s?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/732546\/macintosh-system-1-what-was-apples-mac-os-1.0-like\/\">Macintosh System 1: What Was Apple\u2019s Mac OS 1.0 Like?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/731558\/a-successful-failure-the-ti-994a-turns-40\/\">A Successful Failure: The TI-99\/4A Turns 40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/733912\/a-visual-history-of-windows-icons-from-windows-1-to-11\/\">A Visual History of Windows Icons: From Windows 1 to 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/735446\/how-quake-shook-the-world-quake-turns-25\/\">How Quake Shook the World: Quake Turns 25<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/737306\/how-the-print-shop-turned-people-into-banner-wizards-in-the-1980s\/\">How \u201cThe Print Shop\u201d Turned People into Banner Wizards in the 1980s<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/739100\/how-to-install-windows-31-on-an-ipad\/\">How to Install Windows 3.1 on an iPad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/740436\/from-idea-to-icon-50-years-of-the-floppy-disk\/\">From Idea to Icon: 50 Years of the Floppy Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/741726\/why-do-mice-have-scroll-wheels-microsoft-intellimouse-turns-25\/\">Why Do Mice Have Scroll Wheels? Microsoft Intellimouse Turns 25<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Phew. That&#8217;s a lot. Hope you enjoy reading them! Keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/author\/benjedwards\/\">my How-To Geek author page<\/a> for even more in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I joined How-To Geek in February 2020, and I&#8217;ve been regularly writing tech history-related features in addition to my usual how-to pieces. At the moment, they&#8217;re usually published every Monday or on special anniversaries. 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