PickVidsBest Computing culture (other) Videos
The 17 Computing culture (other) videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 0 intermediate, 17 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a video. What they share is that the subject is shared, but the approach changes from title to title. Channels you will keep seeing include MC Frontalot, genuinelyfunnynazi, Kevin Galvayne.
MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark
MC Frontalot's nerdcore rap about the text adventure Zork, made for Jason Scott's Get Lamp documentary and featuring a cameo by Steve Meretzky.
Nathan Barley - Episode 1
The first episode of Nathan Barley, Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker's British sitcom satirizing hip media and startup scenesters in mid-2000s Shoreditch.
Max Headroom 20 minutes into the future 1985
The 1985 Channel 4 TV film 'Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future', the origin of the computer-generated TV host Max Headroom, with a soundtrack by Midge Ure and Chris Cross.
Excel 97 Easter Egg - Flight Simulation
A short screen recording of the flight simulator Easter egg hidden in Excel 97, with the steps to trigger it.
Russ Hanneman "I have doors that open like this, Not like This!!" Silicon Valley S2
A two-minute clip from HBO's Silicon Valley season 2 in which Russ Hanneman shows off his gull-wing car doors.
Silicon Valley | Season 1-5 | The Best of Gavin Belson
A compilation of the best Gavin Belson moments from Silicon Valley seasons 1 to 5, showing the show's self-absorbed tech CEO.
Clippy
A one-minute clip of Microsoft's Clippy, the Office assistant character, in action.
julia ecklar - the eternal flame
Julia Ecklar's recording of "The Eternal Flame," a filk song about God writing the universe in Lisp, written by Bob Kanefsky.
Icq old sound
A short upload of the classic ICQ notification sounds, such as the 'uh-oh' message alert.
Silicon Valley - Making the World a Better Place
A short montage from HBO's Silicon Valley of the TechCrunch Disrupt scene, in which founders repeat the phrase 'making the world a better place'.
Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass
A brief clip of the Winamp 2.91 startup sound, with its famous audio line about whipping the llama's ass, uploaded as a tribute.
Bill Gates, Windows 98, Blue Screen of Death
A very short clip of Bill Gates hitting a Blue Screen of Death while demonstrating plug and play on Windows 98 on stage.
Ever Onward IBM
A short Flash animation made in 2001 by an IBM employee, set to the company's old 'Ever Onward' rally song, with imagery from IBM history.
Windows Vista Speech Recognition Tested - Perl Scripting
A 2007 video of someone trying to write Perl scripts using Windows Vista speech recognition, with comically bad results.
TiVo "Advanced Paid Program" Snippet
A short clip of a TiVo paid-programming broadcast from the early 2000s, which TiVo used to send guide data and service updates to DVRs over cable TV before broadband was common.
Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered)
The 1992 SIIA anti-piracy rap video Don't Copy That Floppy, warning kids against copying software, remastered and uploaded.
Qwest commercial 1999 - Every Movie
A one-minute 1999 Qwest commercial where a hotel clerk promises every movie ever made in any language, any time.