If you’re like me, you love those weird stories about seemingly impossible things happening with computers and the Internet. My favorite is A Story About Magic. Even if you know the story, follow the link to see a picture of the actual switch in one of the comments.
One of the most perplexing stories is The 500 Mile Email. A seemingly impossible tail that turns out to have a simple answer.
And, of course, there’s the famous The Story of Mel, a real programmer. Every computer geek of my generation knew the story and none of us believed it was real but it was. Follow the link above to find out about Mel.
If you love these types of stories, here’s a wonderful reference for you. It’s got links to the stories above as well as many others. I’m keeping it in an open tab in my browser so I can read one or two stories a day. They’re not all as good as the Magic story or as baffling as the 500 mile email but they’re all worth reading and fun for the real geek.