For about a week, I was utterly convinced I was going to ruin this episode. After a stretch of stories that felt heavy and often tragic, I really wanted to write about something else. On my list, I had "MIDI" and I thought it fit the bill. To
This episode started because I wanted to know where the microchip manufacturing process actually begins. I had been watching Instagram reels where people were putting small electronics components under microscopes and I got curious about how we make things that small. The answer I got was that we start by
I had all of these CDs stuck to my bedroom wall when I was a kid. I do not remember asking for them. They were just there. Shiny and everywhere. I remember getting them in the mail, and I know I once saw a kid try to melt one with
Welcome to Notes from the Machine. I'm glad you're here. Notes from the Machine is the companion to Found in the Machine, the podcast I make about the forgotten people, decisions, and accidents that quietly shaped the digital world. If you found your way here through