One of the cool things about being at a university [still] is that people discard rubbish that’s someone else’s ‘treat’. Recently I found a ‘Programming Languages’ Volume 2 manual for the PDP-8 - and it’s become my essential bedtime reading for now. The book’s full of great stuff about how you should ensure that you’ve a teletype attached, and that you’ve got the steam-pressure just right before turning the thing on in the first place! It takes me back to a time when programmers were, um, ‘novel’, men were ‘chaps’ and girls wore petticoats [actually, I got a bit carried away there!] On languages, ...
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Etch - A - Sketch Throughout history man has created. Created imagery and vision with artistic expression. From God molding the universe, there began creation. Adam and Eve weaving garments of leaves through the Renaissance period, Michaelangelo’s paintings, Picasso’s abstractions, Leonardo’s sketches, The Roman Empire’s aqueducts, Guggenheim’s architecture, to the prose of Shakespeare. We Create. Yes, creation comes in many forms, manipulating realities, materials, and existences. We admire beauty, structure, form, and depth. Labeling this art is but an addition to this creative process that indeed enhances the form. Whether our designs come in graphic, language, text, code, utilitarian or visual, monumental or minuscule, ...
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Packing up a computer can be a time consuming and stressful affair! But it doesn't have to be. Using these tips should make packing it up a little easier.by TheAffordableStorageGuy Packing up a computer can be a time consuming and stressful affair! But it doesn't have to be. Using these tips should make packing it up a little easier. Do you still have the boxes and packing supplies it came with? It may be obvious, but I'll go ahead and say it anyway Those boxes were sp [...]
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