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Portable Computing in the “Mad Men” Era

Are there any computers available today that come in that particular shade of blue, with matching chair?

1960s computerClick the photo to see it at full size. Photo courtesy of retrofuture.

This article also appears in The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.

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16 Megabytes, Yo!

Late '60s/early '70s photo of man in "clean suit" pushing a giant hard drive on a cart in a computer room.Photo courtesy of “SirMildredPierce”.
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I’m sure that this beast of a hard drive is now dwarfed by the USB keys that they give away as swag at tech conferences.

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A Busy Day

It’s a busy, meeting-filled day for Yours Truly down at the local headquarters for The Empire. Here’s a (slightly edited) photo that I took at our big Evangelism team meeting around 3:30 this afternoon:

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Apple I Art Photos for Sale

Apple 1 computer, "exploded".

20X200 is selling this lovely photo by Mark Richards featuring an “exploded” view of the original Apple I computer, the predecessor of my first computer, the Apple //e. These are limited edition prints; as of this writing, there are:

  • 76 8” by 10” (about 20cm by 25cm) photos remaining, selling for US$20 each
  • 463 11” by 14” (about 28cm by 36cm) photos remaining, selling for US$50 each
  • 12 16” by 20” (about 41cm by 51cm) photos remaining, selling for US$200 each
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“Ensign Crusher, Report to My Ready Room. Oh Yes, and Wear the Sweater.”

For no other reason than the geeky amusement it will provide, here’s Wil Wheaton in a clown sweater:

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Future Man Tried to Warn Us

Early 1960s businessmen talking to man in astronaut suit: "So you're saying people will 'tweet' what they're eating for breakfast?" "And 'upload' pictures of their breakfasts to a 'Facebook'?" "And other people will look at the breakfasts and make comments?" "No offense, future man, but is everyone in your time retarded?" "Sorry to burst your bubble, dudes, but you asked. Yes, that's the future."
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Credibility Gap

I know that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but this promotion doesn’t exactly inspire confidence:

Hand-painted sign on back of truck trailer: "NEED A WEBSITE 325-9417"