Two by way of Hacker News:
Akira Kurosawa’s storyboards. Oh, wait, I’m sorry: Akira Kurosawa’s painted storyboards.
(They keep saying “hand-painted storyboards”. As opposed to what: machine painted? Foot painted?)
The early history of computer chess, including the first national computer chess tournament.
I’m fascinated by computer chess, so I would probably have posted this anyway. Interestingly, though, this article also features (and quotes) an unexpected appearance by a now very prominent science fiction and fantasy writer, who at the time had recently graduated from Northwestern University and was interested in both computers and chess.