These are a few knick-knacks I have sitting on my bookshelf.  I keep them there because they help me reflect on how astonishing the computers that sit on our desks our.  These three pieces, when put in proper perspective, is just short of the absurd. Exhibit A is a vacuum tube.  This particular one I [...]

Sharp PC-7000 CPU: Intel 8086, 7.37 or 4.77 Mhz RAM: 320k (704k max.) Display: 80 x 24 Text 640 x 200 Mono Graphics Sound: Beeper Available Peripherals: Serial port Parallel port Color CRT video output (optional) 2 x Internal 360K Floppy Drives (5 1/4″) OS: MS-DOS Year: 1985 Original Price: ??? The Sharp PC-7000 was [...]

I say, iPhone users and their ability to use any song in iTunes as a ringtone have been getting a bit self-rightous lately (i kid, i kid).  Actually most modern mobile phones are capable of using mp3 files as a ringtone, it’s more often than not an issue of whether or not your service provider [...]

Google Chrome is the latest product from the search giant that everybody is buzzing about.  It’s a new web-browser with a handful of new tricks.  Separate process for each page open to improve stability of the application as a whole, floating tabs, and a sort-of interesting main tab page that gives you thumbnails of your [...]