Too Much Time on their Hands
… or something. Scientists are thinking about galactic communications using Cepheid variable stars.
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Quality Linux Games
Linux Magazine has an article with a list of 15 quality Linux games.
I Thought it was History
. . . but Packard-Bell is still around.
Remembering Fidonet
I enjoyed reading a short article on the history of Computer Bulletin Board Systems (later just BBS) on ZDNet, not because I was there at the start (in 1978 I was learning how to work with a programmable calculator), but because it ended up at Fidonet. Starting in 1985 I operated a Fidonet BBS in…
Forgetting Which Computer I’m Using
This is not so much a technical note as one about the weird way the brain works, though you may need some technical knowledge to understand what happened. It’s not complex, however, and the problem is strictly one of the way the brain functions. The other day I had what I thought was a bug…
Ditto and Mimeograph Machines
I was fascinated to find a discussion of the difference between a ditto machine and a mimeograph. For what it’s worth, my memory of the difference between the two is the same as Michael Sheehan indicated in his post. The Ditto machine used masters that had a carbon based (I believe) substance on them, and…
Some Gadgets You Don’t Need
… by Gadgetbox. I think the bike book holder sounds promising.