Dirty Computer Pictures
Some people eat at their computers. Some smoke while computing. And some don’t change the filter on their heating and air system as often as they should. Many of us never open up our computers to see what’s inside, but that’s the first thing your computer repair expert will do. If your PC is anything like these computers, the next thing he/she will do is take a picture. The Register has six pages of these dirty, filthy pictures. Link -via Digg
Comment (10)
Permalink
Please share:  email
this 
|
| Neatorama Shop » Ambigram T-Shirts | |
 |
|
| Clever / Stupid Ambigram | See more Ambigram
T-Shirts » 
|
Top Ten A.I. Characters (redux)
Still from Blade Runner; Warner Bros. 1982
A long time ago they were called robots. That rather pedestrian term evolved into android, droid, cyborg, and artificial intelligence, among others. Plenty of movies have featured them in one fashion or another, and Unreality’s Madison cobbled together the ten best, with Blade Runner’s Roy Batty coming in at number 5.
Roy Batty, quite simply, is a bad, bad dude. As leader of the Nexus-6 replicants, Batty is a combat model used for military battles, and so his speed, strength, and combat skills are far beyond those of a human being. He also has a genius level intellect, which he employs to torment Deckard. He eventually shows empathy for Deckard, though, and Batty himself appears to be more human than the humans who sought out to have him destroyed.
Find out which cinematic circuit board made the top of the list.
Link (updated link has blasted malware worm away, all should be well).
Update 10/18/09 by Alex – delinked. The malware is in Unreality Mag’s ad server. There’s a rogue ad rotating amongst regular ads. Pls keep this delinked and do not remove/repost. Thanks!
|
Comment (15)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Virus Sculptures From Old Computer Parts by Forrest McCluer
Talk about computer viruses! Sculptor Forrest McCluer took salvaged 30 old PCs from the landfill and turned them into sculptures of viruses (the biological kind). This one above is inspired by the T4 Bacteriophage:
The “T9 Track Virus” is another version of the T4 Bacteriophage. It consists of PC power supply cables, CD-ROMs, sections of 9-track magnetic tapes, and parts of floppy drives. When the piece is on display, McCluer scatters a pile of unraveled 9-track tapes under it to represent the bacteria cells destroyed by the T9 Bacteriophage Virus.
Link | More at Forrest McCluer’s Website
Also at the Neatorama Shop: T4 Bacteriophage Plush Toy by Giant Microbes
|
Comment (2)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
When was the Internet Born?
It was 40 years ago today, September 2, 1969 that scientists connected two computers at UCLA with a 15-foot cable and the machines were able to communicate with each other. The test data was meaningless, but the breakthrough eventually led to the formation of the internet, but there were plenty of other milestones. Which date is the birthday of the internet?
September 2, 1969: First time two computers communicated with each other.
Oct 29, 1969: Message sent from computer to computer in different locations.
1971: The first email was sent.
Jan 1, 1983: ARPANET adopted the standard TCP/IP protocol.
March 1989: Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
April 22, 1993: Mosaic became the first web browser.
Which date should we designate as the birthday of the internet? Link -via Buzzfeed
(image credit: Flickr user lemonfridge)
|
Comment (20)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Mac Dock Icon Spelling
Mike Giepert noticed that Mac dock icons are often letters, and you can line them up to spell words. So he posted one and asked his readers to send in others. There are 14 screenshots of various words posted so far. I don’t have a lot of programs on my dock right now, but I will look through my applications to see what I can “line up” when I get some free time. Like that will ever happen. Link (via Buzzfeed)
|
Comment (4)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
| Neatorama Shop » Food & Drink » Offbeat Mints & Candies | ||
 |
 |
 |
See more Offbeat
Mints & Candies » |
||
A Pop-Up Guide to the Personal Computer
Say what you will, but Goodwill can be a treasure trove of weird and wonderful stuff. Jonathan Ryan went to one a few days ago and found this gem: a pop-up book titled "Inside the Personal Computer" published in 1984.
The book describes – in delightful pop-up glory – everything from read/write heads to the inner workings of a CRT.
From the Upcoming 
ueue, submitted by 
Update 5/2/09 by Alex: Here’s a YouTube clip of the book in action.
|
Comment (5)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
The Gadget Orchestra
(YouTube link)
Can you get any geekier than Bohemian Rhapsody played by an orchestra of vintage gadgets? I think not. From the YouTube page:
Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?)
Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ sound
Texas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar
8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass
3.5 inch Harddrive as the gong
HP ScanJet 3C was used for all vocals. Please note I had to record the HP scanner 4 seperate times for each voice. I tried to buy 4 HP scanners but for some reason sellers on E-Bay expect you to pay $80-$100, I got mine for $30.
I wonder if it takes requests? -via Arbroath
|
Comment (6)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Two Bytes Are Better Than One
Who says being a geek isn’t sexy? Flickr user SA Steve has a large collection
of neat vintage computing ads from old magazines and other photos. Check it out: Link [Flickr Photoset]
|
Comment (2)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Recompute: Cardboard Computer Case
Recompute is an unusual case for your computer. It’s green and sustainable … and made out of corrugated cardboards!
Recompute and other neat "green" technologies are competing in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, hosted by Core77 (you can vote for your favorite green gadgets):
Rather than making a large tower constructed from numerous materials (ABS plastic, aluminum, steel, etc.), hundreds of manufacturing processes, and dozens of individual components, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard (recyclable and renewable). There are four low-impact manufacturing processes to assemble Recompute: Die cutting, gluing (with non-toxic white glue), printing and electronic assembly. Recompute uses only three major electronic components: A motherboard with processor & memory, power supply, and a hard drive.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by 
|
Comment (5)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Beautiful Pics of Supercomputers
Z1 Computer, via epemag
Dark Roasted Blend, one of my favorite blogs which sucks at least 30 minutes of my free time whenever I visit, has a really neat post about real and imaginary supercomputers. This one above is the Z1 computer, built by German engineer Konrad Zuse, who built the world’s first programmable computer.
Previously on Neatorama: The Wonderful World of Early Computing
|
Comment (3)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
| Neatorama Shop » Science T-Shirts (Geektastic!) | |
 |
|
| Great Vocab Didn't Save the Thesaurus | See more Science
T-Shirts »
|
Scrabble Keyboard
Datamancer was commissioned to build a computer keyboard for some friends who are Scrabble fans. Most of the keys are actual Scrabble tiles, and the ones that had to be custom-made look just like the real thing. Link -via Gizmodo
|
Comment (8)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
World's Youngest IT Whiz
Marko Calasan of Skopje, Macedonia is the world’s youngest certified computer system administrator at the age of eight. He could get a high-paying job, but he hasn’t yet completed third grade!
Marko learnt to read and write at the age of 2 and started working on computers immediately. The news of his extraordinary achievement turned him into a local celebrity and he has even had an audience with the Macedonian Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, who presented him with an IT lab with 15 computers to practise on.
His parents, who are IT experts and run a computer school for children, are considering sending Marko abroad to a specialised institute of learning for gifted children, as none exists in Macedonia.
Marko passed Microsoft’s tests for IT professionals. He says he wants to create a new operational system for computers …when he grows up. Link -via Arbroath
(image credit: Bojan Pancevski)
|
Comment (14)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
Happy Birthday, Mouse!
Wired celebrates the 40th anniversary of the unveiling of the first computer mouse on December 9th, 1968.
Computer scientist Douglas Engelbart kicks off the personal computer revolution with a product demonstration that is so amazing it inspires a generation of technologists. It will become known as “the mother of all demos.”
The presentation included the debut of the computer mouse, which Engelbart used to control an onscreen pointer in exactly the same way we do today. For a world used to thinking of computers as impersonal boxes that read punched cards, whir awhile, then spit out reams of teletype paper, this kind of real-time graphical control was amazing enough.
Englebert also demonstrated other computer abilities such as hyperlinks, windows, and videoconferencing, among other ideas we use today, although it took the computer industry decades to implement them. Link
In addition, Wired has a gallery showing the evolution of the computer mouse. Link
(image credit: SRI International)
|
Comment (6)
Permalink
Please share: email
this
|
-
Your purchase helps support the blog - Thank you!
