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.
Labels (Day 6 of Museum 30 Challenge)
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?
Animals (Day 5: Museum 30 Challenge)
I’ll pass on a robotic dog. Give me the fur and the love you cannot program.
Typography (Day 4: Museum 30 Challenge)
Day 4: typography.
Self Portrait (Day 3: Museum 30 Challenge)
Always on brand.
Black & White (Day 2: Museum 30 Challenge)
Black/white. On/off. 1/0. Computers think in binary. Sometimes I wish I thought in binary as well.
My Museum (Day 1: Museum 30)
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.
Creating My Future
I have been at the same company for almost 7 years now. For most of the time I have been happy and thankful to be part of many teams working on various projects at a fast pace. All of that rang true until a year and a half ago. Without warning my boss took away... Continue Reading →
Stories Untold (in honor of Black History Month)
It must have been a couple years ago. I was in a meeting with fellow colleagues discussing our Fellow nominations. Each year my place of work hosts a gala and honors pioneers of computing history. This has been going on for decades and a visitor can see a wall filled with pictures of past Fellow... Continue Reading →