Thinking back, my Mom and Dad were fairly early adopters of computing, which certainly helped spark my interest in technology. We had the Sears Tele-Games version of the Atari 2600. I remember my Dad bringing home a Compaq Portable from the office a few times. Our first true personal computer was the Tandy 1000, sold by Radio Shack. The Tandy 1000 was a IBM PC compatible computer than ran on a special version of MS-DOS. I don’t remember exactly which model, but I’m pretty sure it had the Intel 8088 processor. I remember ours having two 5 1/4 inch disk drives, which made it easy to load DOS and then a program. My favorite game was King’s Quest, a graphical adventure game by Sierra. And of course we had a dot matrix printer for printing school papers.
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Is listening as effective as reading? As usual, it depends on the material, intent and level of focus.
Saw the new musical My Ántonia last night at Theater Latté Da in Minneapolis. It was a moving and engaging story with lovely folk songs and a great cast. Highly recommended!
SpaceX has a lot riding on the Starship v3 launch this week
Project Hail Mary was great. This is the kind of movie that is best experienced in a good theater.
Watch and support Brandi Carlile’s stellar benefit concert “Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis“
Google sure is taking its own sweet time with vertical tab support for Chrome.
I haven’t watch baseball for years, but I’m glad I did this year because the Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series was fantastic.
Hank Green thinks caffeine is very, very strange. I’m a fan (of both).
YouTube Premium is a great investment for any homeowner that needs help with DIY projects.
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