Life is like photography
we use the negatives to develop
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I’ve been using the nickname raptor, or when that wasn’t available, raptorNL for years now, but I just decided I’m getting too old for that nonsense. I already have a name that I’ve had since birth and which serves me fine, so I figured why would I need another? It’s not like a nickname offers … Read more
Just a post to commemorate that 40 years ago today, Douglas Engelbart held The Mother of All Demos (video), introducing concepts such as the computer mouse, hyperlinks and e-mail. Taken for granted today, back in 1968 those were things no one had ever heard of. Just think, without the mouse, graphical user interfaces probably never … Read more
Almost 2 weeks ago, the smiley celebrated its 25th anniversary. Today, the celebration is for Sputnik 1. Exactly 50 years ago, on October 4th, 1957, it became the first man-made object in outer space. Technically it did little more than sendig radio beeps back to Earth, but more importantly, it set off the Space Race … Read more
:-) I know, this deserves some explanation. Today is the 25th birthday of the :-). I stumbled upon that page a while ago, remembered it just now, and was fortunate enough to find it in my browser history. I just thougt it was worth a little remembrance, because I use smilies all too often. And … Read more