Kate & Veronica at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 0 ▲ SchwarzTech 50 days ago · Life · hide · Fediverse post A week and a half ago, I made the trip out to Schaumburg, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago if you’re not familiar) to attend the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. I was only able to attend on Sunday, and wasn’t quite sure what to expect. In my head, I had planned on documenting the entire experience for an upcoming episode of Magical & Revolutionary, but was basically gobsmacked the minute I walked in the door—there was so much wonderful vintage tech and people simply enjoying both that and the camaraderie in general. I took quite a few pictures and want to get them up in a future post, so this won’t be the last of VCF Midwest for this year here. At this point, I plan on attending next year, too! Consequently, Kate Fox (aka “Macintosh Librarian”) and Veronica Explains have started a new podcast, aptly-titled Kate & Veronica and it’s been a nice departure from the increasing trope of middle-aged-white-guys-talking-about-tech-but-drifting-to-AI. Their second episode took to the VCF… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town