Today's Links
Jeff Raskin, the developer most credited with the creation of Apple's Macintosh computer, died on Saturday. He was responsible for the name Macintosh (his favourite apple - spelling difference was deliberate); "click and drag", and he wrote the important text 'The Human Interface'. Links: The Jeff Raskin Center, The DigiBarn tribute page. DigiBarn also has a collection of early documents relating to the development of the Mac.
An amazing collection of colour photographs from World War I. Some people might not know the colour photograph was invented in 1903.
A collection of amusing photographs of ugly London (England). (at flickr)
A great collection of old computer ads. Classics!
Patents o' the Week:
Golf Green Reader - to determine distance to the hole.
Dynamic tornado teardown system - a ground array of jets that produce man man tornedos that divert or destroy the natural ones.
Method of playing card games - someone is trying to reinvent Poker.
Film projection security method and apparatus - using a double projection system - projected to both sides of a screen - one of the projections washes out the image if a recording is attempted (but is invisible to human viewers).
Method and apparatus to simulate an outdoor window for a windowless room. Skid row motels take note! Comes with virtual curtains or blinds as well.