Kate & Veronica at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest

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…