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Oh dear

04.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Radio-Electronics reviews the wheels of steel, 1974

04.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œgif” 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

04.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Creative Computing Volume 2 Number 2 Mar-Apr 1976 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Creative Computing Volume 2 Number 2 (Mar-Apr 1976)

Read the articles here

03.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fifty years ago this month:
Artificial Intelligence & Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Can Computers Think?

02.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This gag was so cute that I've stolen it for other things more than once in life.

02.03.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...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.

02.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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...

02.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My way in (like many others) was through their broadly popular TimeOut hacks for AppleWorks. But the real magic was in the developer tools

02.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

02.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
6V solar panel connected to an altoids-sized cosmac vip2k computer, hooked up to portable monochrome tv

6V solar panel connected to an altoids-sized cosmac vip2k computer, hooked up to portable monochrome tv

solar powered cosmac computer

24.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

23.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 19294 πŸ” 2923 πŸ’¬ 344 πŸ“Œ 1
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20.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WAIT HOLD UP ALYSA LIU WAS ONE OF THE IN-TRAIN ANNOUNCERS FOR THE MUNI METRO L TARAVAL RELAUNCH WTFFFF

19.02.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 740 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 20

Chariots of Fire unquestionably has the best experimental synth score of any movie about church

15.02.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 228 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

13.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

😧 no way. what a riot!! Thank you for looking!

14.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where in the world is this woman today? The original Carmen sandiego

13.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

😳Godspeed! You're going to be an absolute pro by the time it's done and working.

10.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what every 1980s driving video game looks like

09.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A bird's-eye panoramic map of San Francisco. - Neatline A fantastic 1976 axonometric view of San Francisco.

A lot of visual information here in this very cool representation of downtown SF (1976)
neatlinemaps.com/product/nl-0...

09.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ROMchipJournal - Twitch Welcome to the Twitch channel for ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories, a free, online scholarly journal for game history. ROMchip develops, edits, and publishes ad-free, open access game history…

🚨🚨🚨 HAPPENING NOW - 2PM ET 🚨🚨🚨

πŸ“ˆπŸ•ΉοΈπŸ‘‘ Raiford Guins discusses PONG’s long life, Atari’s rise, and how a simple game built markets, shaped categories, and still circulates today.

πŸ“Ί Head to www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal to join the talk! πŸ“Ί

06.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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SF 1976 Snow Day: What did your neighborhood look like after the miracle snowfall? See it here The surprise snowstorm of 1976 may have been the last great miracle in San Francisco.

50 years ago today it snowed in San Francisco.

It hasn’t fallen in measurable levels since.

Thanks @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social for the reminder β€” I would have missed this anniversary!

Gift link β„οΈπŸŽβ„οΈ

www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/articl...

05.02.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Lmao as a native Bostonian, I tellya, nice one, buddy.

05.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wait is the kicker in this piece a… good will hunting pull?

05.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽΆβ€œThere was Death Cab, and Neko, and music still on new CDsβ€¦β€œ

04.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh no oh no oh no

04.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

04.02.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

03.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 21094 πŸ” 4928 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 34
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I was just looking at Scala on Amiga and look how beautiful!

(Source + kudos to Stone Tools: stonetools.ghost.io/scala-amiga)

03.02.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0