Lonely Lion

Finally, it’s winter. The year’s first real blast of winter hit Chicago, dumping more than 17 inches at O’Hare since Wednesday morning and closing scores of schools. Chicago Public Schools, however, remain open. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Artwork from Ancient Atari History [Slashdot]

Dark Horizons – SW:EP2 Review: “The difference between the second prequel and its lacklustre predecessor is the return to a sense of adventure.“

Consolidation – Linux PS2 Kits [Blue’s News]

Another thing that sounds cool, but I can’t realistically think of a reason I’d need it.

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eric/retrocomputing/ibm/stretch/”>IBM Stretch (aka IBM 7030 Data Processing System) “In 1954 IBM initiated a project “Datatron”, with the intent of taking a “giant step” to secure their position as the preeminent vendor of high-performance computers. Later renamed Stretch, the project’s primary objective was to produce a computer with 100 times the speed of the IBM 704 scientific computer. This goal was perhaps even more aggressive than it sounds, given that the performance of the logic circuits increased by only a factor of ten to twenty, and memory performance by only a factor of six. Architectural improvements such as extensive use of parallelism were required to meet (or even approach) the goal.

I did some research into IBM in the 60’s, for the upcoming Honeyslide sketch show. I found a few interesting links:

IBM Archives
Eric Smiths Retro Computing
NASA Technical Diagrams and Drawings

I know the last one isn’t really about IBM…the beauty of the internet is in the tangents.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Inspirational Messages Found in Southern California Public High Schools, As Observed by a Substitute Teacher: “In a Health classroom: Milk! The only thing that tastes better is victory. ”

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Less Popular Board Games: “Electronic Swearing Battleship“

Tee-Hee!

Having trouble posting, this is a test.

‘boards – Screening Room: “Rock and roll and lego blocks: this wicked Gondry-directed video has Atari-like Lego rockers strutting to the garage rock of Detroit’s White Stripes.“

Pretty cool.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/01/28/020128opcurve.xml

A good, unbiased, view of the weblogging / web services landscape.  Radio and Blogger (the technology behind Lonely Lion) are featured.