Tag Archives: NASA

33 Year Old Roll of Film Offers a Glimpse of My Vintage Computing Beginnings

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Blake Patterson

I got my first home computer on Christmas morning in 1982. It was a TI-99/4A with 16K of RAM. My parents purchased it from a sewing machine retailer. In the years that followed, I moved on fairly frequently to a … Continue reading →

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Three-Headed Beast Spotted Staring Across Martian Landscape

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Blake Patterson

Multiple monitors can be fun, sometimes. :-) (Check out the Mars Curiosity 360-degree panorama here.)

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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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