“Sometimes we have to take a look back to really appreciate the technology we have now, especially since “the 10-Megabyte Computer System” cost a whopping $5995 at one time. Thanks everyone for sending in the pictures. First picture in gallery.” One of the ads in this feature is for the Timex Sinclair, which I had
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Some 20 Christmases ago, my grandparents gave me a program for my Commodore 64 called Adventure Writer. Unlike the rest of the games I owned, this one actually allowed you to create games – specifically, text-based adventure games such as Zork. For all practical purposes, the genre – known these days among enthusiasts as Interactive
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*Until something better comes along Emily noted that I hadn’t written anything in a while, so here you go I’m sure most people have, at one point or another, stumbled across one of the various satellite mapping sites where you can see your neighborhood from a 100 mile up perspective. Well, Google Earth takes this
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Trying a new thinger on the site – Audioscrobbler… if you scroll down, on the right side of the page is a list of the last few songs I’ve listened to. It *should* update automatically, and eventually be able to track my listening habits. We’ll see if it works or not.
Ah, the wonders of the webcam… here’s a shot of my fish “Billy” (updated every 15 minutes) [image deleted] Word.
YEAH! Blogger is finally working… I got a new toy today – an Apple iPod. Basically, a super-duper MP3 player that can hold literally thousands of songs… and it weighs less than a pound. That’s just coooool{/deep voice}. I guess that means my old MP3 player is for sale. Then again, everything I own is
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I spent an hour or so today reading interviews from Quorthon. Who’s that, you may ask? He’s the frontman of the goth/black/death/Viking metal band Bathory. It was really sad, actually. In every interview he kept putting down Christianity as this evil myth which has ruined civilization as we know it. Just from reading his comments,
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