Punch card data input is so 1890 US Census, right? Maybe not, if your goal is to educate kids about binary numbers and how they can encode characters. In which case, this paper clip and metal tape ...

We think of punched cards as old-fashioned, but still squarely part of the computer age. Turns out, cards were in use way before they got conscripted by computers. Jacquard looms are one famous ...

When I was in college, I had to walk to class uphill – both ways. If that makes me sound old, try this on for size: When I was in college, I learned about computer code by using punch cards. It was ...