Oh dear
Oh dear
Radio-Electronics reviews the wheels of steel, 1974
The βgifβ of the new generation seems to be enn-vidia va nuh-vidia. I could be annoyed but instead I will fade to irrelevance and disappear from the culture
Fifty years ago this month:
Artificial Intelligence & Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Can Computers Think?
This gag was so cute that I've stolen it for other things more than once in life.
...TimeOut series of macros for AppleWorks that they made. That turned out to be a sizable business and they sold to schools etc. But the developer tools are what everyone (rightly) remembers. That computer stuff could be genuinely serious and professional, while also being charming was so cool.
Oh what a treat for you to learn about them, knowing what you know now! When I was in college long ago, BB was already long gone and "vintage," but I still had one of their old ASCII posters hanging up in my dorm room for CS assignments. Most ppl were exposed to their brand through the...
My way in (like many others) was through their broadly popular TimeOut hacks for AppleWorks. But the real magic was in the developer tools
Not too much of a stretch to say that Beagle Bros helped suggest a career path to young me. They were having so much fun! Sierra sent the same message in different ways.
6V solar panel connected to an altoids-sized cosmac vip2k computer, hooked up to portable monochrome tv
solar powered cosmac computer
Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.
WAIT HOLD UP ALYSA LIU WAS ONE OF THE IN-TRAIN ANNOUNCERS FOR THE MUNI METRO L TARAVAL RELAUNCH WTFFFF
Chariots of Fire unquestionably has the best experimental synth score of any movie about church
Thank you for sending me down the rabbit hole: apparently the model for Carmen Sandiego was Marsha Bell, then director of marketing at Broderbund, now a realtor in Novato www.linkedin.com/in/marsha-be...
π§ no way. what a riot!! Thank you for looking!
Where in the world is this woman today? The original Carmen sandiego
π³Godspeed! You're going to be an absolute pro by the time it's done and working.
This is what every 1980s driving video game looks like
A lot of visual information here in this very cool representation of downtown SF (1976)
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ππΉοΈπ Raiford Guins discusses PONGβs long life, Atariβs rise, and how a simple game built markets, shaped categories, and still circulates today.
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50 years ago today it snowed in San Francisco.
It hasnβt fallen in measurable levels since.
Thanks @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social for the reminder β I would have missed this anniversary!
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Lmao as a native Bostonian, I tellya, nice one, buddy.
Wait is the kicker in this piece a⦠good will hunting pull?
πΆβThere was Death Cab, and Neko, and music still on new CDsβ¦β
Oh no oh no oh no
Beautiful and fun new paintings by artist friend Angela Windin feature animals floating through nebulae among other astronimical ideas. New show just up at City Art on Valencia in SF. www.angelawindin.com/gallery-1
they should make a movie series about how itβs irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
I was just looking at Scala on Amiga and look how beautiful!
(Source + kudos to Stone Tools: stonetools.ghost.io/scala-amiga)