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Multi-Processor Computing in 1924

September 11, 2008

My friend Miss Fipi Lele, who provides me with a lot of pictures for my blogs, pointed me to this photo on Shorpy, “The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog”. It depicts “multi-processor computing”, circa 1924:
Click the photo to see it on its original site, Shorpy, at full size.
The caption for the photo at Shorpy is:

November 24, 1924. [...]

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Security Through Python

August 25, 2008

While this is actually not about computer security nor about the Python programming language (which I’ll cover in some articles soon), I thought my Pythonista readers might find it amusing…

…for the real story behind this photo, see this article in the Daily Mail.

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When “We Remove Vista” Becomes a Selling Point

January 31, 2008

Here’s a sign displayed in the window of A&D Computer in Milford, New Hampshire:

Sign in a Seattle computer store window: “We remove Vista / We install XP”

Read the full story for details…

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“Bioshock” Meets a Shopping Cart

December 16, 2007

I love this Photoshop job in which Rapture (the setting of the game BioShock) propaganda replaces the standard “Do not leave child unattended” message on grocery shopping carts:

The line is derived from the philosophy of game character Andrew Ryan (whose name and backstory are rearrangements of Ayn Rand). You hear it in an in-game recording [...]

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The World’s Best Gamers, Circa 1982

November 27, 2007

Here’s a photo that’s just over 25 years old — taken on November 7th, 1982, it’s a Life magazine photo featuring the best players of arcade games of that era:
Rockin’ it old school in 1982! The best videogamers of 1982 pose by the games they’ve mastered. Click the photo to see it at a larger [...]

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Harmonix’ Pros and Cons for Making “Guitar Hero”

November 22, 2007

Here are a couple of shots from a presentation made by Harmonix founder and CEO Alex Rigopoulos in which he talks about the pros and cons they considered when trying to decide whether or not to make a guitar game:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
The “pro” argument is all you’d need to convince me!
Update: It [...]

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If You’re Happy and You Know It…

October 24, 2007

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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Geekery Meets Pop Culture

October 20, 2007

A Different Kind of “Code Smell”
First, let’s look at a new ad for Axe body spray…
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
I think the suggestion in the ad goes double if you start pointing out what’s wrong with the code (“you == understand.this? get as an object name? Couldn’t they have hired a real programmer to [...]

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Nerd Culture Tidbits

October 12, 2007

I’m working on an article (working title: Walled Garden…or BEER Garden?), so here’s something to keep you amused in the meantime…
My Obsessions, Circa 1980
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
The “Star Wars Trumpet” Video
Well, I can’t make a reference to Battlestar Galactica (the 80’s version) without making one to Star Wars, can I? How ’bout the [...]

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The Album Art for Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”

October 11, 2007

You’ve probably heard of Radiohead’s latest album, In Rainbows. They’re bypassing the record industry, and you can buy it directly from them, either as an audio CD or as downloaded MP3s. For those of you who have downloaded or ripped the album, here’s the album art for your enhanced listening enjoyment!*
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi [...]

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Programming: You’re Doing it Completely Wrong

October 11, 2007

I found this Successories-style inspirational poster on the blog of Lisp programmer (but non-Lisp weenie) John “lemonodor” Wiseman:
Click the photo to see it on its original page.
I have to admit that it made me laugh.
(That’s Lisp creator John McCarthy in the photo, by the bye.)

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John Harvard is Master Chief!

October 1, 2007

Oh, those crazy MIT Guys…
Click to see the photo on its original page.
Here’s what the MIT Hacks gallery has to say:

During the night prior to the release of the heavily advertised Halo 3 video game, MIT hackers transformed the statue of John Harvard into the Master Chief character from the game. In the game, the [...]

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He’s in Biz Dev, That’s For Sure…

September 25, 2007

Here’s a photo found via Reddit. Take a close look:

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Have You Seen This Guy? He Might Have Taken Bill’s Laptop. [Updated]

September 24, 2007

Update: I posted the story on MetaFilter, and it has since shown up on Boing Boing. By the end of the day, this guy’s going to be the best-known computer thief in the nerdsphere.
Tris Hussey reports:

It seems that this gentleman stole a friend’s laptop…well then decided to take pictures of himself, but then uploaded them [...]

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The Perfect Accessory for “Sorting Out Sorting”

September 24, 2007

In response to my post on the film Sorting Out Sorting, I’ve already received three email suggestions that someone hold a movie night for geeks where we watch the film and “smoke a bowl“, as the expression goes.
Should anyone decide to hold such a movie night, may I suggest this bong, made from the shell [...]

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