Summary: <a href="https://www.open-apple.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/savetz.jpg" title="Kevin Savetz" class="thickbox" data-wpel-link="internal"></a>This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Kevin Savetz, Internet publisher and author of the memoir Terrible Nerd. We cross enemy lines to review a book about the cultural, scientific, and philosophical implications of Commodore 64 programming, some of it applicable to the Apple II. Paul Terrell’s Polaroid snapshots of the first Apple-1 computers are cool, just like our reception to Jordan Mechner’s new Karateka game. On eBay, we discover the Androbot is not just another neat product from a Nolan Bushnell company, but another reason we prefer the Apple II to other platforms. And Ken’s accidental purchase of some Microzines produces the concept for a new and very expensive podcast!<br> Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.<br> <a name="intro"></a>Introduction (0:00 – 17:33)<br> <br> * <a href="http://monsterfeet.com/noquarter/" title="No Quarter: classic arcade game podcast -- Monster Feet Podcasts" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">No Quarter podcast</a><br> * <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440923077/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0440923077&linkCode=as2&tag=showbits-20" title="Electronic Hurricane: Seth McEvoy, Laure Smith, Lynn Sweat: 9780440923077: Amazon.com: Books" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Arcade Explorers books</a><br> * <a href="http://www.wordbits.net/2012/11/21/world-war-z-review/" title="Review: World War Z | Wordbits" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ken’s review of Max Brooks’ World War Z</a><br> * <a href="http://hatsproductions.com/organtrail.html" title="The Men Who Wear Many Hats | Organ Trail" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Organ Trail for iOS</a><br> * <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJh56RTpQU" title="Nintendo Wii U unboxing, setup & system config video - YouTube" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ken’s Wii U unboxing</a><br> * <a href="http://denverapplepi.com/" title="Denver Apple Pi Macintosh User Group" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Denver Apple Pi</a><br> * <a href="http://comug.com/" title="Welcome to CoMUG — Colorado Macintosh User Group" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Colorado Macintosh Users Group</a><br> <br> <a name="guest"></a>User Login (17:34 – 32:18)<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.savetz.com/" title="Kevin Savetz" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Kevin Savetz’s homepage</a><br> * <a href="http://www.terriblenerd.com/" title="Terrible Nerd — a book about coming of age in the dawn of home computing" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Terrible Nerd</a>, from <a href="http://www.savetzpublishing.com/" title="Savetz Publishing" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Savetz Publishing</a><br> * <a href="http://www.atariarchives.org/" title="AtariArchives.org - archiving vintage computer books, information, and software" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">AtariArchives.org</a><br> * <a href="http://www.atarimagazines.com/" title="Classic Computer Magazine Archive" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Classic Computer Magazine Archive</a><br> * <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL956E1A20E800E1D4" title="englebart - YouTube" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Douglas Engelbart’s Mother of All Demos</a><br> * Kevin’s <a href="http://www.freeprintable.net/" title="Free Printables" data-wpel-link="external"></a>
