Blogger with Many Passions
For me there really is no after hours at work. The building always has something going on whether we are open to the public, hosting an event or getting ready for another day. There is no after dark because the lights are always on.
Want to start a heated debate? Ask who invented the first computer.
Part of a Cray 1 supercomputer. The bottom part looks like a bench. Many joke that it is the world's most expensive love seat.
Knobs, with writing on them, from SAGE. SAGE was a computer used during the height of the Cold War to track enemy planes. Operators describe long period of boredom along with seconds of sheer panic. I can only imagine. Wonder during what activity period these notes were written?
I’ll pass on a robotic dog. Give me the fur and the love you cannot program.
Day 4: typography.
Always on brand.
Black/white. On/off. 1/0. Computers think in binary. Sometimes I wish I thought in binary as well.
For the museum 30 challenge I will be sharing images from the Computer History Museum. I still can’t believe that I have worked there for almost 7 years.
