I’d somehow failed to notice that a documentary about the Apple Newton had been released: Love Notes to Newton is a mix of historical footage about the machine’s development and tributes to the dwindling band of Newton aficionados who have tried hard to keep their Newtons in daily use in the modern world where the… Continue reading Love Notes to Newton
Month: August 2018
The Program Audio Series
I can’t remember where I heard about The Program Audio Series, but having spent the weekend catching up with the three podcast episodes released so far I’m definitely intrigued. The premise is that episodes are from a future where decades before something called The Program has pretty much taken over the world and governments have… Continue reading The Program Audio Series
One Day
I guess the reason people keep coming back to being inspired by Vannevar Bush’s Memex, Alan Kay’s Dynabook and what have you is that the internet as it currently exists falls so far short of the dream of what a global information network could have been. Thank goodness that dreams like this keep popping up:… Continue reading One Day
A ‘salad’, allegedly
As a dedicated “meat and potatoes man” can I just say a loud “Hell no!” to this monstrosity: This gets more horrifying by the word. pic.twitter.com/lVfMZfcq4h — Erik Loomis (@ErikLoomis) August 18, 2018 Do be sure to read the entire recipe to the end. Just do not, under any circumstances, consider ever eating the end… Continue reading A ‘salad’, allegedly
Elections
xkcd: Voting Software: QFT!
PYMK
Having caught up with Kashmir Hill’s Gizmodo piece ‘People You May Know:’ A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History, I’m both supremely glad that I’m not on Facebook [note]I was briefly a member a few years ago for as long as it took me to conclude that I didn’t need any of the services they were… Continue reading PYMK
Alien(s)
I knew that there was a long-standing strain of fandom built around the core concepts of Alien vs. Predator, but I had no idea it was set in stone like this: The centuries old Paisley Abbey had a rather modern new gargoyle added during a refurbishment in the 1990s… pic.twitter.com/SUjVXIUHNi — Myko Clelland (@DapperHistorian) June… Continue reading Alien(s)