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It’s always fun to see what people 40 years ago thought life would be like in 2008: Homes in Mi’s 80th year are practically self-maintaining. Electrostatic precipitators clean the air and climatizers maintain the temperature and humidity at optimum levels. Robots are available to do housework and other simple chores. New materials for siding and . . . → Read More: It’s 2008. Where the fuck is my self-cleaning home? It’s been awhile since the last installment, but it’s still a worthwhile read. They pick up on the history of my all-time favorite computer with Commodore’s attempt to stop bleeding money all over the place: A history of the Amiga, part 6: stopping the bleeding. When a corporation is bleeding money, often the only way . . . → Read More: ArsTechnica posts part 6 of “The History of the Amiga.” There’s a great article over at RichardDawkins.net about some of the history of our development through evolution. It explains how some of the common conditions and ailments we suffer from are the results of humans being descended from other life forms: ‘Fish out of water: Your Inner Fish’ by Neil Shubin – RichardDawkins.net Our humanity . . . → Read More: Humans are, in many ways, just “Fish out of Water.” We can always look to this Washington Post article about interviews Bush has been giving in the Middle East in which he makes predictions about how history will view his legacy as President: “I can predict that the historians will say that George W. Bush recognized the threats of the 21st century, clearly defined them, . . . → Read More: If ever we needed proof that President Bush is fucking nuts… I was going to write a long rant about House Resolution 888, but vjack over at Atheist Revolution has done such a good job I’m just going to repost his entry here and hope he doesn’t mind: House Resolution 888, sponsored by Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA-4th District), seeks to rewrite American history to include a . . . → Read More: H.R. 888 rewrites history to support “Christian Nation” myth. Cartoonist Matt Bors responds with the following: Click to embiggen! As well as a very well written blog entry on the topic. The latest installment of the excellent A History of the Amiga is now up on ArsTechnica’s website. A small sample: By July 1985, Commodore had everything going for it. The Amiga computer had been demonstrated in public to rave reviews, and everyone was excited at the potential of this great technology. That’s when the problems . . . → Read More: ArsTechnica’s “A history of the Amiga, part 5” is now available. Just a quick note to say that the Rise of the Video Game documentary on the Discovery Channel premiered tonight at 8PM. If, like me, you’ve already missed it don’t fret as it’ll be on again at 11PM and then several more times throughout the week. You can check the repeat schedule here. Part . . . → Read More: Reminder: Discovery Channel’s “Rise of the Video Game” starts tonight. The folks over at Kotaku.com fill us in on an upcoming video game documentary: Today the Discovery Channel announced that it’s going to air a five-hour prime time documentary entitled “Rise of the Videogame.” It covers the entire history of the industry and has interviews with the likes of Ralph Baer, David Jaffe, Will Wright, . . . → Read More: Five hour video game documentary to air on Discovery Channel. The excellent series of articles on the history of my all-time favorite computer continues with A history of the Amiga, part 4: Enter Commodore: The CAOS debacle Originally, that third layer was known as CAOS, which stood for the Commodore Amiga Operating System. Exec programmer Carl Sassenrath wrote up the design spec for CAOS, which . . . → Read More: ArsTechnica’s part 4 of “A history of the Amiga.” |
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