Matthew Reed

The Atari joystick has a long history as a game controller. It was the standard controller in the early days of game systems and microcomputers and was used by most systems until the gamepad replaced it. - Matthew Reed

The election of America's first black president has triggered more than 200 hate-related incidents, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center – a record in modern presidential elections. - Matthew Reed

President-elect Barack Obama is quickly learning what many former leaders already know: It's lonely at the top. - Matthew Reed

The Cassette Gazette was a 1983 one issue advertising newsletter that was a joint production of Lemons Tech and KWIK Software. The Gazette described the products sold by the two companies, mixed in with operational advice and interesting facts about using cassettes with your TRS-80. It appears to have been written by Wayne Lemons, the founder of Lemons Tech. The Gazette is reproduced here page by page with permission from Wayne Lemons’ family. - Matthew Reed

Few men can lie across railroad ties and survive when a Chattanooga-bound coal train passes through. Arnold Romine not only survived but escaped with no visible injuries, said Huntsville Fire & Rescue Capt. David Fry. - Matthew Reed

The Norcom TC-III was a $399 ($499 factory installed) motherboard replacement for the Model I that promised all Model III features right in the Model I case. It was sold by Northern Information Technology Corp. The advertisements touted the following features: - Matthew Reed

At a talk on the topic of what it will take to find extraterrestrial life, a senior SETI astronomer predicts it could happen within two dozen years. - Matthew Reed

Rally was written by J. Weaver Jr. (Factory Programming) and distributed by Soft Sector Marketing. Rally was based on Rally-X, which was released by Namco in 1980. - Matthew Reed

My brand new silver all-electric Tesla Roadster sportscar (#23) arrived by truck in Los Angeles yesterday. Shrouded in plastic and tucked into the back of a semi with three other Tesla’s, it waited to be rolled onto the streets of Los Angeles. - Matthew Reed