Guy at the flower shop was quoted $185 for the arrangement he picked out and then he asked “what is the expected romantic ROI for these?”
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Guy at the flower shop was quoted $185 for the arrangement he picked out and then he asked “what is the expected romantic ROI for these?”
…wow, never had to wonder “is that sound the vocal or the guitar solo” before
AI is simultaneously over- and under-hyped.
If you want to honor Bobby Weir, consider a contribution to Sweetwater Music, the concert hall Bobby founded that now operates as a non-profit.
sweetwatermusichall.org
We had a good run
Also, RJ Mical, creator of the Amiga, Atari Lynx and 3DO! Somehow he knew he. He wins for best dressed at the event, in some kind of impossible-to-describe pajama suit.
Aside from the Woz and the Apple “garage crew” I got to meet and chat with some personal heroes like Bruce Tognazinni (Tog!) and Scott Knaster.
The founding stories of Apple, Oracle, and Microsoft intersect here. Along with many many long gone computers companies you probably don’t know: Processor Technology, Cromenco, Osborne, Tandy.
Yesterday I got to participate in something incredible. My uncle, Paul Terrell, wanted to celebrate the 50th birthday of his famous original computer store, the Byte Shop. This store is legendary in Silicon Valley.
This one’s period correct!
This thing really started it all. I have many bad childhood memories of failing to enter the tape loader program through those switches.
Byte Shop employee Sidd Chopra (from 1979-1983) holding an original t-shirt
sitting alongside Apple first employee Bill Fernandez, Apple co-founder Ron Wayne, and Woz.
Harry McCracken, Paul Terrell, Steve Wozniak
Dan Fylstra, co-creator of VisiCalc, speaking with Bob Marsh, founder of Processor Technology.
Some photos from the Byte Shop 50th birthday event. Here’s an Apple 1.
Harry McCracken, Paul Terrell, Steve Wozniak sitting on stage
Another angle!
The Byte Shop had a gum-ball machine that you could get RAM chips from
Behind the scenes of the Byte Shop
Come join us here — this should be good!
Hal Hartley! Has a new movie!
Bay Area tech history nerd friends: Paul Terrell, the founder of the Byte Shop–Apple’s first dealer—is holding a 50th anniversary party next month. It’s open to all and I’ll be there! byteshop50thyearbirthdayp.rsvpify.com
Not all were — individual owners could focus on different things. My parents’ ended up 100% apple.
Oh that *is* fun. Kick their asses.
Isn’t the NYT suing OpenAI? There’s a chance!
@ruffinprevost.com so, wanna do this anthropic settlement?
Same, but the Gen X one.
Honestly not sure what domain you’re thinking of but yeah, across the board, yeah.
The United States is restricting entry for “certain nationalities.”
In my case, the restricted nationality is “United States.”