A very useful tool that I read every morning is RealClearPolitics.com. They seem to answer the questions that I am always asking. They are following all the polls and now a month before the elections show that control of the House and Senate is a toss-up. They tend to be careful and the show New […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Astounding Tales Archive
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Several people have approached me about stories published in AstoundingTales.com. I decided to recreate links to stories on AstoundingTales. I don’t expect many authors to take advantage of this, but I have all the original pages and I will set them up on request. This will allow authors to publish links to their stories on […]
Free Bryce Objects Planets
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
I created several Bryce Objects of the planets out of NASA images. Since they were easy to do, I am putting them out for free. We’ll see if they get any downloads. Free Bryce Objects Planets
Jóhann Jóhannsson : IBM 1401, A User’s Manual : www.ausersmanual.com
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The first computer that I ever programmed was a small 1401 at Cooper Union (1969). It had 4K ram and no disk drive and originally leased for 2500 a month. It had real magnetic core memory. You also had to program a board using jumper wires in order to print. It used a compiler deck […]