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I'm still nostalgic for the times when I had to enter the bootloader using the keys on front panel of the PDP-11 to then loaded the OS from paper tape. (not to mention multi pass compilers using paper tape between the phases...)
Who can forget the CEO Francis J. Sellinger and his 'Taste My Schlitz' commercials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NPxny7no4c
Where will all those Meta Avatars go? Is there a retirement home in the Metaverse?
When I want to motivate myself I look at this https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-scariest-climate-plot-...
more context here https://c20society.org.uk/news/if-not-now-when-c20-renews-34...
I have fond memories from my Acorn days of staying in the 'typewriter' hotel on visits to Ivrea - it became derelict, but perhaps it has been revived...
https://zoningthegardenstate.wordpress.com/2020/10/04/the-pr...
At least I will be able to visit the exhibition and count them myself: https://allthatsinteresting.com/bayeux-tapestry-penises
My mind wandered to these more interesting "undercuts" https://uk.pinterest.com/ideas/lesbian-undercut-designs/9549...
I always preferred the thinking behind the 'Conundrum' used in Operation Pluto. No big bangs but excellent logistics - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto
Story also covered in a BBC podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002883z
My Pixel 4a appears to shows 100% battery only in the status line following the update.
Fascinating the range of effects available by printing using plants e.g. see https://wendyfe.wordpress.com/plants-for-eco-dyeing-and-eco-...
Ah the good old days: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/dangerous-playgrounds-1900s...
Dr Strangelove himself seems to be the perfect prototype for a modern tech entrepreneur: The type of mad techno bro who relishes the opportunity to apply his hair-brained schemes to fix real world problems. The worse things get the more he bubbles with excitement and throws out outlandish solutions.
You might not like their stance on issues, but in today's media landscape The Guardian is as good as it gets: https://www.theguardian.com/the-scott-trust
For those interested in Agatha's life this book is worth reading: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Agatha-Christie/Lucy-...
....tennis players often shout as they smack the ball. And research shows that coupling hand movements with specific mouth movements, often with vocalization, shortens the reaction time needed to do both.
Perhaps this will help reduce my annoyance when watching a very vocal tennis match!
for simple recipes (with a touch of nostalgia) look no further than https://www.mostlyfood.co.uk/index.php/cooking-in-a-bedsitte...
BABEL-17
Live in a village, get a partner, have children, participate in children's schooling.
These people are amateurs: The USA lead the way: https://clickamericana.com/topics/family-parenting/life-for-...
Consider this Osprey taking a rest on a boat during migration from the UK to Spain - https://twitter.com/sachadench/status/1569801627757838338
You can also heal yourself with writing: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170601-can-writing-abou...
Nothing can beat an original - in this case A4 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ https://www.tiktok.com/@francis.bourgeois/video/718707746502...
Oracle being Oracle - nothing to see here.
Instrument or spectacle? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98KYMpBx9og>
If you are in Cambridge,UK you can visit the library which holds the books he collected (including his diaries): https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/pepys He designed the bookcases which hold the circa 3000 volumes shelved according to height. His will stipulated that the books are to be held in the library 'without addition or subtraction'