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Vintage Tech Ads

ByHenry Neufeld January 1, 2011

I’ve had this link sitting in my starred items for a while, so I’m going to link it so you can enjoy. Thing is, I remember some of these! Ouch!

Fun | Hardware

Ditto and Mimeograph Machines
ByHenry Neufeld December 26, 2009

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…

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Forgetting Which Computer I’m Using
ByHenry Neufeld November 2, 2014

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…

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Computer Security | Fun

Spam FAIL of the Day
ByHenry Neufeld December 6, 2013

Today I deleted a spam comment from this blog. That is not very memorable. What was different was that the first line stuck with me. This is a very funny blog! I loved the way you … One of the techniques of comment spammers is to include generically congratulatory text on the grounds the bloggers…

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FORTRAN History
ByHenry Neufeld September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

From the folks at smartermsp.com, we have some brief history of #FORTRAN (#TECHTIMEWARP). I wanted to add my humor note, as I was working with computers while FORTRAN was still fairly commonly used. I studied it and took a challenge exam, getting 4 quarter hours of college credit in the language, but I never owned…

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Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
ByHenry Neufeld June 29, 2008

I’ve often watched John Webb (my stepson) pitch a very good game only to lose either because the other team’s pitcher was also pitching a good game or because the bats on his team just didn’t come to life. Well, it happens to the best of them. The Angels lost yesterday, 1-0, despite pitching 8…

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Fun | Workplace Thoughts

10 More Tools for Twitter
ByHenry Neufeld July 28, 2008

. . . from a more serious perspective, from Jason Hiner.

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