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Go Retro – Atari Technolostagia

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Oct 232012
 
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Technolostagia: The term Technolostagia describes a sentimental longing for technological items from the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. This time it’s something I found in the Imaginarium shop. (available online in quite a few countries) They are now selling a couple of toys that catch the interest of many of the Atari generation:

The feeling of the famous Atari console from the 80′s has been reproduced quite well in two versions, the classic Joystick and an games hall console version. 2 Sprites and 128 Colors! They work on batteries and use an s-video connector to be able to hook it up to any TV set.

Both come with their own set of 10 games included:

Console

  • Alpine Ski
  • Space Invaders
  • Birdie King
  • Bubble Bobble
  • Tube-It
  • The Legend of Kage
  • The Fairyland Story
  • Puzznic
  • Quix
  • Chak´n Pop
 Joystick

  • Pong
  • Asteroids
  • Breakout
  • Centipede
  • Gravitar
  • Circus Atari
  • Adventure
  • Missile command
  • Realsports volleyball
  • Yari’s Revenge

On the Spanish Imaginarium Site:

Console: http://www.imaginarium.es/58714/ecommerce_1/58714

Joystick: http://www.imaginarium.es/54015/ecommerce_12/54015/

 

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Isaac Asimov Interview, 1988

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Feb 232011
 

This is an interview of Isaac Asimov, done in 1988, after he published his book "Prelude to Foundation". He speaks about science, computing, religion and the universe.

There are some parallels from the world he predicts to today, including some very accurate Internet predictions.

Part 1:

 

“Once we have computer outlets in every home, each of them hooked up to enormous libraries where anyone can ask any question and be given answers, be given reference materials, be something you’re interested in knowing, from an early age, however silly it might seem to someone else… that’s what you are interested in, and you can ask, and you can find out, and you can do it in your own home, at your own speed, in your own direction, in your own time… Then, everyone would enjoy learning.

Nowadays, what people call learning is forced on you, and everyone is forced to learn the same thing on the same day at the same speed in class, and everyone is different.”

By Isaac Asimov

 

Part 2

Part 3

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Top Secret Rosies

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Feb 092011
 

During World war II, a group of female mathematics, most coming from the Philadelphia area  where set to work on important tasks to help in the fight, using the first electronic computer, the ENIAC, built there . They where tasked with Ballistic calculations and computer programming.

 

Now, more than 60 years later, Documentary filmmaker LeAnn Erickson made a documentary about their surprising role in the history of computing and of course, the war. Surprising, because most of all know how important WWII has been for the evolution of modern-day computing, but not many of us know that some of the most important work was done by women.

 

The documentary, “Top Secret Rosies” can be seen on several American TV Stations these days. Here’s the trailer:

Top Secret Rosies Trailer from LeAnn Erickson on Vimeo.

 

And here’s the website: http://www.topsecretrosies.com

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Steampunk Venice Carnival Masks

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Jan 132011
 

The last few days I’ve spent in Venice. For the first time. I was deeply impressed by the cities beauty, silence and art.

Now, I am not a great fan of the typical tourist attractions, but it’s hard to leave Venice without making a few pictures of carnival masks. Aside from the standard ones, I also found a shop in a very small street, that had it’s display window filled with masks… Steampunk style.

 

Here you go:

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mask1

 mask2

 

Wouldn’t want to meet someone wearing one of those in a dark and misty Venice alley!

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Wired Reread

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Jun 162010
 

I always used to keep my copies of Wired magazine for years. My small appartment is the only reason that makes me trow old copies away. I think the Wired is one of those magazines that don’t expire, and even after years you can still find interesting articles. Especially the ones that talk near-future developments that now happened, not happened or went wrong.

Now, there is no real need to keep them around anymore, as Theis Søndergaard, a Danish guy (sorry for the game the other day;)) is adding old wired articles to his blog http://www.wiredreread.com.

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