Today, back in 1972, Atari released the seminal arcade video game, Pong. To think of all the quarters I went through in arcades during the '70s, especially on family vacations. But it all really starts here.
All the best, Pong!
PONG-story
From the BBC News article:
The world's first global communications system for exchanging text messages was not the internet nor the mobile phone.It was the great engineering project undertaken 150 years ago to put wires across the globe.
Interesting read about how telegraph cables were laid around the time of the Civil War. Any techie worth their salt should know where all this wonderful technology comes from...here's a start.
Brand-new to the Mac platform? Perhaps you're a 'switcher', trying out a Mac for the first time after using a Wintel PC for lo these many years? If so, you may have a new Mac Mini (a low-cost Mac where you provide the monitor, keyboard, and mouse). In any case, here's a page with helpful hints and tips for the new Mac user...enjoy!
10 Things Every New Mac Owner Should Know [courtesy of 123macmini.com]
From the About:
GRIN is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes. This collection is intended for the media, publishers, and the general public looking for high-quality photographs.
OK, for those of you who don't remember from previous incarnation of my blog, I am an avid Google fan. Google Mail (GMail)? Check. Google Individual Homepage? Check. Frequent visitor to the bubbling Google Labs? Check. Another cool Google offering is Google Maps. I was a Yahoo! Maps user and used a few other sites as well, but Google Maps topped 'em all.
The next evolution were individuals messing about with the code for Google Maps to provide results based on all sorts of criteria. Apartment listings by city, crime stats by city, et al. Well, here's a cool new blog that offers cool Google Maps offerings titled, appropriately enough, Cool Google Maps. Go check it out!
Cool Google Maps
Thinking of going into business for yourself by providing some service through the web? These ten tips will give you something to consider as you formulate your business plan. Very well done, these are offered by the CEO of Odeo in San Fran, and CEO of Pyra Labs, now owned by Google, which created the Blogger site. Great info.
Ten Rules For Web Startups
Open Source Mac
From the About:
Open Source Mac is a simple list of the best free and open source software for Mac OS X. We aren't trying to be a comprehensive listing of every open-source mac app, instead we want to showcase the best, most important, and easiest to use. This page should be a handy reference and a useful tool for getting more people to start using free and open-source software. If you think we're missing any great apps, please let us know. If you're a Mac user, this site is a treasure.
Ok, so engines aren't your thing, but you're quite the woodworker and are itching for a new project? How about constructing your very own pipe organ? Looks easy!
http://www.rwgiangiulio.com/
It is handcrafted with ruler, white glue and X-acto knife. It took approximately one year to design and construct.
Unbelievable...I remember when one of my older brothers put together a Wankel engine plastic replica down in the basement of our parents' house. It was fascinating. By the above standards, now he'd have to whittle it out of soap to make an impression...
http://www.yeesjob.com/v8engine.htm
Hello, and welcome back. This blog highlights some of the more interesting or unique websites and tech stories that I come across on the internet. I had maintained a similar blog until late spring, but found that I didn't have the time to keep the content freshly updated. I think that a blog should be timely, or you shouldn't have one, so I deleted it. However, I find that I missed it...the posting, the sharing of new finds that I sometimes make on a daily basis. So, here I am, back again. I hope you find this site interesting, and entertaining.
As for the name, Kachup, see my profile for an explanation. Occasionally I may comment on other topics, but by and large this will be me sharing websites that I think are different or cool for some reason. I peruse many sites in my off-time spent online...let's see what I can dig up for you.
~Kachup
