Category Archives: Just Rambling

Of Oldschool Arcades…Decades Apart

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Blake Patterson

When I was a kid, arcades were magical places. They were dark gaming halls lit only by phosphorescence and filled with folks having a white-knuckled good time. The bleeps and bloops emanating from all the cabinets in the room came … Continue reading →

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Touch Arcade Made Time’s 50 Best Websites of 2011!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Sitting down with my morning coffee to start the day, I was greeted by a rather nice tweet from @Time. They tweeted to let us know that Touch Arcade made their list of The 50 Best Websites of 2011. As … Continue reading →

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Pre-Order Your Copy of ‘The Complete Historically Brewed’ from David Greelish

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Some of the greatest enjoyment I get out of the Internet is listening to (or watching) the various podcasts that I’ve come to follow. Most of them, perhaps unsurprisingly, are retro computing themed. In fact, it was a retro computing … Continue reading →

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An Apparent Keyboard Geek Finally Learns to Type

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Blake Patterson

This is a quick post to share my latest project with readers: at long last, I am learning to type properly! I got my first keyboard in late 1982. It was connected to my first computer, a TI-99/4A. I began … Continue reading →

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‘The Sagan Series’ – End of an Era: The Final Shuttle Launch

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Thanks again, Carl.

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A Few Humble Thoughts As STS-135 Soars Overhead

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Blake Patterson

I remember sitting at home on the floor in front of the TV, in the house where I grew up in Yorktown, VA at 7 a.m. EST on April 12, 1981. That morning, my family and I sat there in … Continue reading →

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Andy Hertzfeld of Original Macintosh Team Designed Google+ Circle Editor

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Blake Patterson

So, the big news of the week has been Google+, the search giant’s latest stab at the social network thing. I was lucky enough to get an invite early on and, I must say, I’m liking the service so far. … Continue reading →

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My Chance ISS Flyover Experience

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Blake Patterson

Just a quickie to share a rather nifty and unexpected experience I had while on vacation at Bethany Beach, DE last week. On an early evening in the middle of the week I was sitting outside on the third floor … Continue reading →

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The iPhone 4 Rides a Kite

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Blake Patterson

I am presently on vacation at the beach with the family. Bethany Beach, Delaware. Yesterday it was extremely windy and I flew my sort-of box kite that can only fly in high winds. And, then it occurred to me — … Continue reading →

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Web Browsing on the Oregon Trail

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Blake Patterson

I post quite a few vintage computing photos here and over in my Flickr set, but this morning I snapped a vintage photo of a different sort. “Faux retro,” perhaps. I thought I’d share. The early American iPad 2. I’m … Continue reading →

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