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Biomorph desk
Mac Pro on right side (2TB storage, 8gig ram, etc.)
Powermac G5 on left (800gig storage, 4gig ram, etc.)
Both computers are mounted to desk legs to keep them up off the floor.
One Mac 30" cinema display in center
Two Mac 23" cinema displays on left and right
Deck keyboard and Logitech Revolution Mouse control both computers via Teleport
5.1 Speaker system with Titanium casing
Snowball microphone
ISight
Ambient Orb tracks visitors to web site
Polycom Clarity phone (work)
Panasonic wireless (home)
LED light clock directly under 30" monitor
Docks for 60Gig iPod video, 8Gig Nano and and 4Gig Nano on a concealed shelf to the left of the Mac Pro.
Art work
Commerical grade blue LED backlighting for when lights are off
An Apple Haiku
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This is my collage,
started it in '84,
the "Year of the Mac."
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The original Mac development and design team is under the picture of Steve Jobs, a picture from the famous 1984 Mac commercial is above the head of Steve Wozniak, at the golden mean there is the first full page ad for the Macintosh computer that was in the Wall Street Journal. The collage displays some of the historical symbols (microprocessors and pulldown menus) that were unique for the Mac back in the 1980s.
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MacPaint By Ben Bonaccio
I’m going to date myself here: I wasn’t around for the release of MacPaint in 1984. While I didn’t get to use the revolutionary UI based drawing software until I arrived on the scene in ’88, it still had a profound impact on my interest in using the computer as a creative and artistic medium.
For those who were around for the 1984 release which coincided with that of the original Macintosh, MacPaint’s impression was likely even greater. As the precursor to almost all modern imaging software, MacPaint introduced tools such as the “lasso” and “the paint bucket” (which I called “the paint leaker” as a kid). The “marching ants” selection boxes commonly seen in Adobe software also got their start with MacPaint.
Though it may seem like second nature to us today, Apple’s drawing software was the first to let users generate images by interacting with a GUI as opposed to working with code behind the scenes.
Realizing MacPaint’s technical and historical significance, Apple donated the original source code to the Computer History Museum a few days ago (July 2010). The source is 5,822 lines of Apple Pascal and 3,583 lines of 68000 assembly.
A brief history of MacPaint can be viewed on the museum’s website www.computerhistory.org/highlights/macpaint/.
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He Sold His Share For What?!?By Michael Duplessis Found in Kibbles & Bytes #790
.... In 1976 Mr. Wayne, who worked at Atari with Steve Jobs, helped found Apple Computers. He drew the first Apple logo, wrote the original partnership agreement, and wrote the Apple I manual. For his assistance, he was awarded a 10% stake in the company. Less than two weeks later, he sold his share back to Jobs and Steve Wozniak for $800 as he was worried that the new company would go into debt and he had assets that creditors could potentially seize.
This week (Aug 2012), Apple became the most valuable company of all time (not adjusting for inflation because if you do Microsoft is still the winner and no one wants that) hitting a total market capitalization of around 624 billion dollars. This would make Wayne’s share 62.4 billion dollars, which is 78 million times as much as he was paid for it.
For all of you out there who rue not buying Apple stock when it was under $10, take some comfort in the fact that you only lost out on multiplying your investment 100 times or so. That is nothing compared to a 62.4 billion dollar error in judgment.
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A Did You Know History Fact?
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The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve.
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
It was an Apple; but with extremely limited memory.
Just 2 bytes!
Then everything crashed.
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(adapted from Love Style's Facebook Page)
My old 1.83 GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro. Going off to the hallowed halls of eBay. She ran well, and did a lot. Now she'll do more for someone else.
Strobist info: Nikon SB-24 slaved off camera right bounced off the ceiling. Pretty simple setup.
For hardware descriptions, see other photos in this set.
Both computers are actually mounted to the legs of the desk to keep them up off the floor.
Day 270 of 365 (Year Two)
Just a little fun with photoshop, me and the moon tonight. Nothing special behind this one, just a quick and easy photo edit that I felt like doing. It was more about figuring out how to light it than anything else, but I had a head start based on another shot I saw last year sometime that was similar to this. I just wish I could find it. Oh well.
Thanks to I found the shot that inspired this one. It is this one by MacAddict.
Just finished installing the new shelves in “the library”. And by “shelves” I mean four birch finish Billy bookcases from Ikea, lightly modified with custom fasteners. And by “library” I mean what used to be a spare bedroom filled with spare furniture, disused pillows, and clothing headed for Goodwill.
And yes, those two shelves are indeed filled with every single issue of Wired magazine … (including alternate covers).
Thanks to Cilest, whose "Bowling with Ghosts" reminded of this shot I had already given up on :-)
Also thanks to macaddict for his super simple yet efficient LAB tutorial.
The blue hue is authentic! Original here.
Taken at the MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
This photo was taken specifically for Naz’s The Items We Carry group. Although I tote a crapload of other items around in my manbag, these are the basic essentials that follow me wherever I go.
No watch.
No phone.
No change.
My second day in a row with no ideas for 365. So I decided I would try a shot like this one from Dave...aka Macaddict. Only mine didn't come out anywhere as cool as his.
I did 6 or 7 takes and this was the best one. Sad I know. I coulda kept trying but I didn't want to break our bed. :D That and after the second or third take Jane, who was in the next room and heard all the noise I was making, began asking me what the heck I was doing. Didn't want her to walk in on me while I was shooting this. She woulda given me grief.
My home system is just about done, the iphone is just a great addition. And I am admitting it, i am an official MacAddict.
SB800 bare bounced ceiling camera right.
I tried Facebook Places this morning and it's not available in Canada yet. This is a new service that Facebook launched. It allows users to check-in and share their location with friends and friends can also tag/check you in with their check-ins. For example, if I'm at Trinity Bellwoods Park with some friends my check-in would say, 'Ashton is at Trinity Bellwoods Park with so and so' That check-in will be shown on their wall as well as my own. One of my friends thinks it's just another way to stalk people.
365 #183 - 7 -February -2008
mood: happy
music: let there be love - oasis
i've reached half way of 365, something that i was doubtful when i started this project and if i reached this far i have these people to thank for the daily inspiration and fun. that's right people you make my day :-)
first i have to pay tribute to the 365'ers who inspired me to join the project:
-stephen poff
-arkworld
-jon-e
-j.star
-katie west
-jack scoresby
-chrismaverick
-d.rex
-macaddict
those that i discovered after i started:
-sadandbeautiful
-goingnowhere
-fanboy30
-kungfukitten
-poopoorama
those that i currently follow:
-the brownhorse
-wiseacre photo
-cayusa
-saylamarz
-gods emerald
-anitacanita
-stewartbremner
-daskinnyblackman
-kellifornia
-aravis121
-tootdood
-leila-anne
and of course
-stephen poff (year2)
-macaddict (year2)
-chrismaverick (year2)
-katie west (2nd attempt)
-sadandbeautiful (year2)
THANK YOU
and last but not least thank you too to all my contacts and the people who post daily to the 365 pool. count on your inspiration to finish this :-)
*drop a note if you see yourself
Desk is backlit with commercial grade blue LEDs Another lights under the desk with the PCs. For a description of hardware, see other photos in this set.
This is my previous 12" Powerbook. I dropped him down the stairs at my old house, almost two years ago now. He'd already been knocked off of a desk by a classmate and fallen down some carpeted steps when the handle on a carrier broke. But the final straw was when I walked up the steps with the Powerbook in one hand and the power cord, still attached, in the other. The cord caught on the banister and pulled the laptop out of my hands, and he tumbled down the wooden steps. If only I'd had MagSafe back then...
But that's not the end of our story, dear caption reader. No, as you may be able to tell here, the Powerbook continued to function, albeit with a busted screen. For a time I used it in conjunction with an external monitor. Then I got my current laptop, Vassily, which is pretty much identical to this one except a little faster. Later I sold the old Powerbook to my roomate Jay, who used it for a while with a monitor, until he tripped over one of the wires and destroyed it utterly. Rest in pieces, little fella.
UPDATE 9/18/14
Crazy that TUAW (a blog I read religiously, btw) has catapulted this photo and PowerBook into internet fame. This photo looks so dated now that I look back on it, so many pieces of 10+ year old electronic gear. BTW, that open magazine is almost definitely a copy of MacAddict.
So this is the story: South Korea and North Korea each had flag poles. South Korea built a larger one 100 m tall. North Korea responded with this massive pole 160 m tall and a 31 m flag weighing 600 lbs dry! It's the largest flag in the world according to the tour guide. Compare what you can see of the flag with the 3 story buildings on the ground...it is massive!
The surrounding village is known as propaganda village because it broadcasts messages stating that Kim Jung Il is the best leader in the world, etc.
The 'village' is not really a village at all. The buildings are empty shells and the windows do not even have glass. Caretakers turn on and off lights to make it seem like people are there.
I found a better picture by macaddict on the Korean Images group.
It just seems like that there are some people that are very addicted to mac products.
Strobist info:
AB800 on boom directly over ipod touch.
Yesterday I received emails from my sister with photos attached:
"Notice pictures of my new line of clothes for dogs which are being sold in Rebecca's Pet Spa in Newnan and on Ebay. I designed and handmade all of them. Each is different. The dog modeling the Christmas bandana is one of Rebecca's personal dogs. Enjoy. Paulette"
Also, thanks go to macaddict www.flickr.com/photos/d200shooter/ for directing me to Picnik. I enhanced the photo here. www.picnik.com/
I think this is the first time I'm sharing with you all my "Nest". Today I just bought a new Hard Disk 1TB Western Digital, I've three Lacie Hard Disk and the Orange One is Lacie Rugged Hard Disk 250GB. I need more storage actually since I like to shoot RAW + JPEG.
I guess and you guys probably agree with me, no hard drive will last forever and I will constantly back up all my precious data to DVD and moving files from old hard disk to the newest one. It is costly to keep a "Memory" these days, I know that the price of Hard Disk keep falling but at the same time our files getting bigger with latest camera.
A mi gatito le gusta quedarse dormido sobre mi laptop siempre que me descuido. Creo que le gusta el calor que desprende.
This is macaddict's original photo that I manipulated in Photoshop using the lomo technique from this discussion and timsperez's tutorial. I then submitted this photo to the group Pimpshop®: The Finished Product.
It just seems like that there are some people that are very addicted to mac products.
Strobist info:
AB800 on boom directly over ipod touch.
We cleaned out the office, and I had to snap a pic of some of these old CDs before I chucked them. I've got Mac Addict #1 and #2 there.
Before you read all the rest... I have changed the title of this photo as it is an imitation ... not an original, read on to see where the photo idea came from.
I have been meaning to try a tutorial offered by a FABULOUS photographer & photo-editor I have come familiar with here in Flickr, Macaddict to do a photo similar to his impressive "The Hand". Today I did try it... I have downloaded Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended - trial edition to accomplish this, sure, I may have been able to pull it off in my PSP8, but I have tried this program as my son pointed out to me I could try it for free. Hmm... what happens after a one month trial of a $1000 photo editing program? Will it be something I come to 'need' or will I be able to carry on as though I've never tried it?
Currently I actually have a collection of 4 programs already that I use: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 (my MAIN program), Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album (I seldom do anything in this one), Microsoft Picture It Publish Gold 2001 (occasionally used as it has some fun effects), and Picasa2 (Googles free program that I use to supplement PSP 8 on a semi-regular basis)
Now... back to the photo... I think it is a very cool effect, I do, however, like the original (that'd be the one by Macaddict) better than mine!