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Times Have Changed #2

Today's episode: the Multimedia Notebook.

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(from the November 1993 issue of Popular Science)
Posted By: Salamander Sam | Date: Fri May 08, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (14)
Category: Products, Computers, 1990's, Yesterday's Tomorrows

Times Have Changed #1

This new series will focus on what some of our most common tech phrases used to mean. Today's episode: the Desktop Computer.

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(from the August 1959 issue of Popular Science)
Posted By: Salamander Sam | Date: Thu May 07, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
Category: Computers, 1950's, Yesterday's Tomorrows

Transcendent Man

The Singularity: an indeterminate post-human future. Hooey, or prophecy? Perhaps the new movie Transcendent Man debuting at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, will explain it all for us.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed May 06, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Movies, Documentaries, Technology, Computers, Yesterday's Tomorrows

Weird Korean Posters

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As mentioned previously, my nephew Rey is teaching young students in South Korea. Here're two oddball posters he photographed. I can only assume that they are warning youngsters about the dangers of the internet.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (11)
Category: Education, Computers, Internet, Foreign Customs, Asia
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