I’ve been wondering why so many german publishers print the text on the spine running bottom up. If you stack them you can’t read it comfortably unless you stack them face down. Any logic behind this? The Reclam books – at least the one I own – are like the english ones.
from “The Peloton” by Tim Kölln. Check out those stunning pictures (click on the photograph to get there).
“Tennis for two”. The second video game, ever. Invented 1958 using and oscilloscope and DIY clickers.
40 years of Unix
“In August 1969, Ken Thompson’s wife took their new baby to see relatives on the West Coast. [..] Thompson decided to use his time constructively - by writing the core of what became Unix.”
Thank you Mrs. Thompson :)
BBS Documentarty
Oh, this brings up a lot of memories. The best of times. Before the commercial internet, before the bullshit world. When computers and communication over the wire with a US Robotics was something only few enthusiasts shared. I ran a mailbox and Fido Node, chatted with people from the other side of the planet and downloaded stuff that would have gotten me in trouble – that’s what happens when you don’t have a TV. It was a glorious time.
