Category Archives: Just Rambling

That’s what Wil Wheaton calls it. I think because I didn’t ever warm up to the role of Wesley in ST:TNG, I was never a huge Wil Wheaton fan. I mean, Stand By Me is a great film, and he … Continue reading →

I just finished reading the excellent Dealers of Lightning : Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik. It’s a book that gives the inside scoop on the goings-on at the XEROX Palo Alto Research Center … Continue reading →

I’ve expressed before that the inspiration for the name Byte Cellar is somewhat derived from the fact that, in my current home, the computer area containing all of my machines is in a (newly finished) basement room. I’ve got much … Continue reading →

I found the greatest geek toy the other day. Every so often I scan ThinkGeek to see what’s new and clever—this time I found something too good to pass up. Colorful, retro, adhesive Space Invaders characters that can be placed … Continue reading →

I have an original 128K Macintosh. It was purchased, used, about two years ago. It is the 1901st Macintosh produced at the Fremont, CA plant during the 38th week of 1984. (I purchased a 128K Macintosh in 1985, new, but … Continue reading →

Working in Washington DC, I had the opportunity to run over to this year’s FOSE Expo that took place at the DC Convention Center. FOSE is a technical expo targetting government organizations and was not a highly entertaining show for … Continue reading →

I’ve now put in place a nice discussion forums system, with forums for various, specific vintage computing platforms as well as some that are more general in nature. Have a look and please register and take part. For the moment, … Continue reading →

Ran across an incredibly interesting site the other day: Guidebook, the graphical user interface gallery. It’s basically a collection of info and detailed screenshots that effectively take you on a tour of various GUI’s that have existed over the last … Continue reading →

So here it is. Blake’s Vintage Computer Blog. I did a MovableType install for a project at work (via Internet Archive) and it was not too painful, if time consuming (many a blog setup on that server), and had me … Continue reading →