This is a really cute movie of an Apple II animation rendered on an Apple II in 1988. The end credits has a credit for John Lasseter as coach. John Lasseter is the founder of Pixar. Steve jobs bought Pixar in 1986 (see Wikipedia). At this point Jobs had left Apple. It brings back memories of Dire Straits and their video for Money for Nothing.
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Apple II animation
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Apollo Space Mission Proves Galileo Galilei Correct
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006One of the hardest things to get your head around when you are a kid (or even now as an adult I will admit) is that the time it takes objects to fall to the ground is the same even if they have different masses. It's just doesn't make sense that a lighter object falls at the same speed as a heavier one. After all the heavier one pulls on your hand more and your instinct tells you it is going to fall more quickly.
Well here is some excellent footage from the Apollo space mission where a hammer and a feather fall at the same rate toward the moon. The lack of atmosphere removes the effect of drag on the feather. It really does look fake... but it isn't.
Of course wikipedia has some excellent information on our long lost scientific friend including information on how he showed this to be true on earth.
Wozniak: Keeping the dream alive
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006It's really hard to keep the dream alive as you get older. Other priorities like family and friends increasingly take you time and attention. The feeling that nothing is new creeps in. Nothing feels exciting any more. All the adventure of life just disappears. Steve Wozniak seems to have defied these negative forces for the last 50 years. Here is a really interesting and long interview of Woz by Guy Kawasaki