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 ...

It all started with a conversation about the early days of computing. The next thing he knew, [Tim Jagenberg’s] colleague gave him a stack of punch cards and a challenge. [Tim] attempted to read them ...

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 ...