Category Archives: Just Rambling

The Woz on Dancing with the Stars

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was on “Dancing with the Stars” last night. And he danced. And he wore a pink boa. Enough said. [ Full HD version | Low Bandwidth version ] Entertainment News provides a little background. This … Continue reading

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My Flickr Favs

Images I dig. Highly retro. Pretty. ( click ) Like? I encourage everyone to use PicLens for the proper in-browser viewing experience, by the by.

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I Think I’m Going to Get an Apple Tattoo…

I think I am going to finally go ahead and get an Apple tattoo. A plain, black-on-flesh Apple logo. This will be my third tattoo. I didn’t want it to be as prominent as my Space Invader tattoo, and so … Continue reading

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Geek Classic “WarGames” Comes Back to the Big Screen!

That’s right! It’s been 25 years since we sat in that theater and saw John Badham’s “geek’s wet dream” masterpiece WarGames on the big screen. A quarter of a century. I was 11 years old. And even though I’d had … Continue reading

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Web 2.0? It’s “Brain 2.0” I say.

For the past week or so I have had basically no connectivity via my normally blazing fast Comcast internet connection. It’s up for brief moments, but that’s it. It’s rather unfortunate as Arnold Kim and I are trying hard to … Continue reading

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MyAppleSpace: MySpace For Those That Don’t Suck

I just ran across MyAppleSpace. It’s pretty much MySpace for those that don’t suck. But then I’m pretty heavily Apple biased. I wanted to share. It’s really well done. If you’re of the brotherhood…sign up! I created two retro groups … Continue reading

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So…How Does a Byte Cellar Podcast Sound?

Inspired by some of the retro computing podcasts I follow (Retrobits, 1MHz, etc.), I’ve developed a slowly growing itch to plop a mic down on my desk and prattle on to anyone who might want to hear what I’ve got … Continue reading

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Site News. Tweet Tweet Tweet.

Just a brief update about the site. I spent considerable time today doing various Sys Admin types of things in and amongst Byte Cellar. Due to a curious sort of phenomenon, I was pushed to upgrade Movable Type to the … Continue reading

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A New Panorama Photo Series Of The “Byte Cellar”

About two and a half years ago I decided it would be fun to share my personal “Byte Cellar” with everyone out there and took a series of photos of my (highly retro) basement computer room and stitched them together … Continue reading

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I Did It! See the Space Invader Tattoo in All Its Glory

Today at 1pm it was done. My second tattoo (my first geek tattoo), a Space Invader, was inked on my right shoulder by Dave Waugh of Jinx Proof tattoos in Georgetown. I am most pleased with the results. Have a … Continue reading

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