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Stewart Cheifet, PBS Host of Computer Chronicles, Dies at 87 — Static01.nyt.com

Stewart Cheifet, PBS Host of Computer Chronicles, Dies at 87

Stewart Cheifet, the longtime host of the PBS series Computer Chronicles, died on Dec. 28 in Philadelphia. He was 87. The cause was the flu, his daughter, Dr. Stephanie Cheifet Koven, said. Cheifet launched Computer Chronicles in the Bay Area in 1983 while he was station manager of KCSM-TV (now

Albert Birney’s OBEX blends DIY effects with 1987 video‑game horror — Static01.nyt.com

Albert Birney’s OBEX blends DIY effects with 1987 video‑game horror

OBEX, written, directed by and starring Albert Birney, is an indie horror‑science fiction film set in 1987 Baltimore about a reclusive technophile, Conor, who enters an immersive video game to try to rescue his beloved dog, Sandy. The film places Conor in a gadget‑filled home — an early Macintosh