For those rare times you actually manage to get a few straight (read: non-nerdy) friends around to your house, you can still wow them with the beauty of vintage gadgetry.
Core Memory, written by John Alderman with gorgeous photographs by Mark Richards, details 35 computers from the Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum. It's a glossy picture book at heart, and many of the photographs detail the delicate hand built insides of the machines. Head over to Mark Richards' gallery page to check them out, or see Robert Scoble's interview with him (video).
Gallery [Mark Richards]
Video interview [The Scobleizer]
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