Category Archives: Just Rambling

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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Letting the Boxes Go: A Tale of Sadness

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Blake Patterson

This past weekend we had some water issues in the basement (the unfinished, non-Byte Cellar part of the basement) tied to our A/C unit. In hunting down the problem, I had to displace many of the boxes in which my … Continue reading →

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My Father the NASA Engineer: A Year After His Passing

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Blake Patterson

My father, James Claude Patterson Jr., died on April 26, 2010 — almost exactly one year ago. He was just shy of 83 years old. Dad was a retired NASA engineer who worked for the government space agency for 35 … Continue reading →

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My SDCard HxC 2001 Floppy Emulator Adventure

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Blake Patterson

One of the problems (and hassles) of playing with certain vintage computers today is their dependence on floppy disk media. While floppies manufactured way back when keep their bits together far longer than you might think — around 95% of … Continue reading →

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My Build-Out of the Monochron ‘Pong’ Clock

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Blake Patterson

I was running through some of my YouTube videos over the past months and realized I hadn’t posted my build-out of the Monochron Pong clock. I was trying to do a series of mostly-daily videos for a while, to capture … Continue reading →

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Not Everyone Gets It

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Blake Patterson
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