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Steve Wozniak, Segway Polo Pioneer, Aims For The Goal
6:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Here’s a photo of Apple Employee #1, Steve Wozniak, as he plays for the Silicon Valley Aftershocks during the Segway Polo World Championships. Woz is one of the most prominent players of this silly and endearing sport. [Christian Science Monitor] More »
Phones
12:40AM Brian Lam | Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before there were macs, Jobs and Woz kept themselves busy building their own blue boxes (Above) which would emulate precise control tones to seize control of the phone system. More »
Phreaking The Phones: Before There Was Hacking
Business
Steve Wozniak, Car Salesman
6:53PM John Herrman | In case you missed the link buried in our retrospective tech gods trivia-fest, here’s a glimpse back at Steve Wozniak, the enthusiastic car salesman. To quote the man himself, “It. Is. Awesome.” [YouTube] More »
Computers
3:00AM Wilson Rothman | Often it’s an artist’s second book or album that draws the public’s attention—so too with Apple’s number 2, whose story is excerpted here from Core Memory, photographed by Mark Richards and written by John Alderman. More »
Apple II: The World Catches On
3:00AM Wilson Rothman | Often it’s an artist’s second book or album that draws the public’s attention—so too with Apple’s number 2, whose story is excerpted here from Core Memory, photographed by Mark Richards and written by John Alderman. More »
Computers
Apple I: The Start Of Something Huge
3:00AM Wilson Rothman | In our kick-off excerpt from the gorgeous coffee table book Core Memory, photographed by Mark Richards and written by John Alderman, we learn of the Cinderella-like beginning of the Apple saga. More »
Gadgets
1:00AM Jason Chen | We’re kicking off our series exploring memorable gadgets from memorable people with one most influential tech giants: Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. – JC More »
My Most Memorable Gadgets, By Steve Wozniak
1:00AM Jason Chen | We’re kicking off our series exploring memorable gadgets from memorable people with one most influential tech giants: Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. – JC More »
Phones
Woz Cuts Apple Store Line To Get IPhone 3GS First
4:59AM Jesus Diaz | Apparently, if you are the most admired hero in the history of computing and an awesome dancer, you can cut through iPhone 3GS waiting lines like a lightsaber cuts through butter. The Woz did that today, according to a witness: More »
Online
A Call For Dork Yearbook Submissions
8:20AM Brian Lam | Joel@Boingboing’s new site, Dork Yearbook, is up. I submitted a photo of myself, and Woz just submitted one I haven’t seen before: More »
Entertainment
Was Steve Wozniak Unfairly Eliminated From Dancing With the Stars?
5:00AM Jack Loftus | One of our more educated readers has chimed in on The Woz’s Dancing With the Stars elimination. If he’s right, let the Internet masses descend on ABC with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. More »
Entertainment