Tag Archives: Computers

Check out my new display!

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Steve

One fun step I took with the home remodel was retake and the room which used to be my office. With Jennifer being around, I had to go with a room that’s more private, blah blah blah. So I decided … Continue reading →

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Apple is now 45

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Steve

I went through my archives and whoops! Forgot to mention it when Apple turned 40. Doesn’t matter. The “little fruit company” has gone from the crazy indy up against IBM to the struggling David against the Microsoft Goliath to now … Continue reading →

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Fry’s bites the dust

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Steve

“Well, that was sudden but sounds like them,” was my immediate reaction because customer service, product knowledge and basic human interactions were alien concepts to the Austin location. Ergo, them being open one day and then shut down nationwide seemed … Continue reading →

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1995: Windows 95 hits the streets around now

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Steve

Windows 95 was the first major upgrade to PCs in four-to-five years and Microsoft’s latest attempt to make their clunky GUI more Mac-like…without paying for it. Many hack comedians and Doonsebury went for all the easy jokes on the software’s initial flaws … Continue reading →

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My new portable for 2020

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Steve

Got a new portable to assist my existing MacBook Pro I tend to do the majority of Maggi Picayune on. I was finally impressed by the features and price point by the MacBook Air, it’s what I decided to make Bugs … Continue reading →

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Sixty-five years of progress in miniaturization

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Steve

That stack of 62,500 punchcards represents 4.5 MB of data circa 1955. I remember my dad doing his CS homework/projects on those things in the early Seventies! Today, my current iPhone Xs holds over 14,000 times that much information and … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1982 VIII: TRON

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Steve

We have hit the official ending for the Summer of 1982 festival but MC Zack did give everybody some hope, the people who own Blade Runner may finally capitulate on allowing Alamo to show the beloved Philip K Dick adaptation. … Continue reading →

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