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Who Needs Songsmith When You Have A Geniac?

Julie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:32:06 +0000

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In use in schools everywhere!

From Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1957

The Home Entertainment Center, Ca. 1927

Julie — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:23:06 +0000

This is from the May, 1927 issue of Radio News. This guy had a phonograph, a radio, a small movie projector, and a speaker, which he could move behind the movie screen. Apparently he could also operate the lights and curtains by remote control.

Check out this quote:

It may be feasible in the future to transmit entertainment and instructional programs by line-wire carrier-current telephony from one national studio to your home. A number of different programs may be sent on the same wires conveying the usual telephone conversations.

And still nothing to watch.

Speaking of the 25th Anniversary of the Mac…

Julie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:57:39 +0000

Or more properly, the Macintosh ad during the 1984 Super bowl. I thought I’d share this picture. We picked up an original Mac at a flea market several years ago. It works. This is the picture inside, of the signatures of everyone who worked on the computer. This was pressed into the plastic of every machine. Look around and you’ll probably recognize a few names. Click on the image for a full-sized version.

Where’s Your Flying Car? Right Here!

Julie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:18:49 +0000

It’s called the Transition and is a hybrid between a car and plane. When on the ground, the wings fold up.

Yours for only $194,000.

‘Flying Car’ Goes to Market : Discovery News.

Seize the Day – And Take it Roughly From Behind

Julie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:34:37 +0000

Ah, I love ThinkGeek. The new toy for my list is the Good Morning Sir Alarm Clock, featuring Stephen Fry as Jeeves.

It’s enough to make Sir awaken each morning feeling refreshed.

ThinkGeek :: Good Morning Sir Alarm Clock.

Researchers make car parts out of coconuts; swallows busy for years

Julie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:48:37 +0000

Hey, we’ve got oil here in Texas, but we’re also researching alternatives to the black stuff. Take the fine folks at Baylor University, who have figured out how to make parts for car interiors out of coconut husks.

Now, they have to put their math geniuses to work to figure out how many swallows it’ll take to transport those husks.

Researchers make car parts out of coconuts – LiveScience- msnbc.com.

Waiting For the Windows 7 Beta?

Julie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:44:45 +0000

Well, you get to keep waiting. Apparently, they’re adding more capacity.

Those of you who got a legal ISO download (like me) had better hope there are still keys available when the turn on the spigot.

2.5 million? Oy.

You KNOW You Were Thinking This Tuesday Night

Julie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:59:00 +0000

Unless you’re living in a cave, you know all about the momentous event that took place on Tuesday. No, I’m not talking about THAT. I’m talking about CNN’s hologram technology.

Slate has their own take on Wolf Blitzer’s inteview with Jessica Yellin.

(Small caveat: I couldn’t get this video to run under Mozilla, but it worked under IE just fine. Fitting, perhaps, given the subject matter.)

Mac Virus?

Julie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:10:20 +0000

Or course, Macs don’t get viruses…

No. Never. Except, perhaps, on Halloween.

Binary Nails

Julie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:18:53 +0000

For the girly geek who has everything – and doesn’t kill her nails on the keyboard like I do – nails with a binary graphic.

Via bookofjoe.com