Meandering Thoughts and Random Observations
Yesterday was the annual Apple “World Wide Developer Conference” – which is where Apple shows off all of their new and updated stuff. There was all of the usual stuff; iterations on current machines – like the 15″ M2 MacBook Air, which is pretty nice for anyone needing a basic,…
Ever wondered what a $30,000 computer looked like in the mid 90’s? Well, let me show you… The above, in 1994, came with a 150Mhz R4400SC cpu, 24-bit XL graphics board, 64MB RAM, and 1GB SCSI2 HD for the low-low price of $22,995 (equivalent to $47,000 in 2023)… Here’s Info World talking…
If you’ve ever wondered what it was like being in Highschool in the mid-80’s – here’s the musical version: “Mixtapes” by Moonrunner83 – featuring N8TVS Waking up in the middle of the night Time's a shadow creeping over us Lost a minute but it seems like a life Where did…
Back in March of 2015 I heard that an MMO I really liked back in the old days of the early 2000’s – Shadowbane – was having a bit of a renaissance… The guys who originally built it were kickstarting a spiritual successor to the game that would be called…
On a lark, this weekend I was engaged in one of the traditional pastimes of “old people” – the Family Tree. In short, like most things with my life, it’s complicated… Most of the complication is that I left home in 1986 and that was pretty much it for my…
Another day, another curious example of why everyone’s car insurance costs so much… The police officer who pulled up into the opposite turn lane just as the space cadet ran the light and pulled out in front of the silver SUV – resulting in blaring horns – was apparently as…