… by Gadgetbox. I think the bike book holder sounds promising.
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…
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…
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…
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…
This was just a funny experience I had diagnosing a client’s network problem over the phone. Fortunately I had a young man on the other end of the line who reported accurately. (For those who receive customer service, one of the largest problems for the service tech is getting an accurate picture of where you…
… or something. Scientists are thinking about galactic communications using Cepheid variable stars.