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You are probably thinking that this post is about wallpapers for computer desktop backgrounds - WRONG.
Bradbury & Bradbury are a company in California that create fine-art wallpapers for real walls in real buildings. The picture above is one of their "Atomic Age" range.
They have quite a number of almost invariably stunning designs - take a look round their site.
Here are a few more pictures from their site .....
The picture on the left shows computer memory from 1946. You'll have to follow the link below to find out just how much (or rather - how little) data it could actually store.
The Royal Pingdom has a nice article showing computer storage methods through the years.
The picture above (click on it for a larger version) is from a scan of a photograph taken in 1983. It shows someone's desk with an Atari 800 personal computer (quite 'cutting-edge' at the time) and a whole slew of peripherals.
Cassette tape storage but also two different floppy drives, a dot-matrix printer and what might also be a telephone modem.
Originally from Boing-Boing.
The after-school sessions are intended to extend and help with GCSE practical coursework for Year 10 students. If there are spare workstations then other students are welcome too.
Location : C24 - Time : 3 pm to 4:30 pm
The day of the week changes to avoid 'clashing' with regular events like homework clubs or sport practice.
Britain is getting a newly-designed set of coins. You should begin to find them in your change as the banks start to replace older coins over time.
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A very cute little robot here. It moves around, finds objects, tries them out for their sound and then creates a little syncopation with them. After you have a look at the video below try visiting the site too and see how it was created.
Who knows, you might feel like trying something like this yourself over the holidays.
A post on the '2spare' list-site caught my eye and reminded me how useful the Flickr photo-management and sharing site can be.
The picture above shows a geyser erupting. It is the Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA.
Just one of many stunning pictures you can find just by going to the Flickr site and typing in a keyword - in this case "geyser".
Here are a few more pictures of geysers from the Flickr 'stream' that I quite liked. Clicking on the picture takes you to the original picture and there you can see other images uploaded by that person.
