In this clip from the latest episode of Spotlight On, digital media artist Tamiko Thiel reflects on the early days of virtual reality, discussing the limitations of heavy, nauseating hardware and the shift toward more user-friendly applications.
Be sure to listen to the entire conversation on the Spotlight On podcast: https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-part-2-art-at-technologys-edge/
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Followers who are at all interested in the #history of #computing, read this! ☝🏼
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Remembering the magic of Atari 1040, running Steinberg 24 and using a bw Ferguson portable TV as a monitor. Mine had a 2mb ram upgrade!
I don't even know what happened to it. The boyfriend lent it to some DJ guy and I never saw it again.
EanGUI and X.400
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/40933
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In this excerpt from the latest episode of Spotlight On, digital media artist Tamiko Thiel recounts how Danny Hillis convinced her to join his revolutionary project, the Connection Machine, and how she was persuaded to join by the chance to work with the acclaimed physicist Richard Feynman.
Listen to the entire conversation on the Spotlight On podcast:https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-sculpting-the-electronic-brain-the-connection-machine/
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Tamiko Thiel: "People told me they would sneak into the computer room after hours and the Connection Machine would just be sitting there, blinking mysteriously like an electronic brain."
Don't miss host Lawrence Peryer's fascinating conversation with Tamiko Thiel on the latest episode of the Spotlight On podcast: https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-sculpting-the-electronic-brain-the-connection-machine/
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In this clip from the new episode of Spotlight On, Tamiko Thiel shares the inspiration behind the product design of the Connection Machine. As a response to science fiction imagery, the design aimed to inspire rather than intimidate.
Check out the entire fascinating conversation on the Spotlight On podcast: https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-sculpting-the-electronic-brain-the-connection-machine/
Reading Brian Kernighan’s book: UNIX: A History and a Memoir.
This fun little snippet that I updated slightly for today's macOS will show you all words you can spell upside down on a digital calculator:
/usr/bin/grep '^[behilos]*$' /usr/share/dict/words
And if you want to know how many words that is:
/usr/bin/grep '^[behilos]*$' /usr/share/dict/words | /usr/bin/wc -w
Yes, BOOB is in the list. But you'll have to add your own number 5.
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A nice bit of #ComputerHistory for #Vim:
“Understanding The Origins And The Evolution Of Vi & Vim” [2023], Gustavo Pezzi (https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43691020
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/jmemvd/understanding_origins_evolution_vi_vim
