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	<title type="text">Random Remarks Into The Void</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Pontifications on the Life Universe and Everything; News and commentary about the web, computers, politics, programming, webzines, travel, reading et. al.</subtitle>

	<updated>2024-06-25T17:00:28Z</updated>

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		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Grateful Geek]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1570</id>
		<updated>2023-09-25T04:59:02Z</updated>
		<published>2023-09-24T18:39:46Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Uncategorized" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Grateful Geek: 50 Years of Apple and Other Tech Adventures by Jean-Louis Gassee My rating: 3 of 5 stars Jean-Louis Gassée has led a remarkable business life. For many,&#160;he is probably known best as an early executive at Apple, circa 1980s. For others, he is the co-founder of&#160;Be Inc.&#160;who’s&#160;BeOS&#160;almost became the next generation operating system [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Friendly Orange Glow]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1543</id>
		<updated>2023-07-13T19:56:25Z</updated>
		<published>2023-07-13T19:56:24Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture by Brian Dear My rating: 5 of 5 stars For context, I grew up in the Chicago suburbs during the 1980s and 90s. I experienced, second-hand, the technical and economic impact of intuitions such as Fermi and Argonne National [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
						</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Wil Wheaton, Barney, the EFF and Copyleft]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1529</id>
		<updated>2022-08-22T17:17:45Z</updated>
		<published>2022-08-22T15:43:30Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The biologist Richard Dawkins&#160;is often credited with inventing the term meme to describe how an&#160;idea or behavior can spread by means of repetition from person to person within a culture. Of course, now a days, when most people make mention of memes, they are usually referring to an Internet meme.&#160; But the idea of being [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Moscow &#8211; 30 Years Later]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1416</id>
		<updated>2022-06-16T19:48:01Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-18T15:40:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Family and Friends" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Politics" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, many multi-national companies with business in Russia announced intentions to suspended or closed their operations. This week, for example, McDonald’s divested locations reopened sans the Big Mac. Just a side story related to another unfolding tragedy. Too much of the news these days gives one pause. [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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	</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Fumbling the Future]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1396</id>
		<updated>2022-05-24T16:25:11Z</updated>
		<published>2022-05-24T16:25:11Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Uncategorized" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer by Douglas K. Smith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Nowadays, just about every businessperson has heard the cautionary tale of Xerox. In the 1970s, Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) invented the modern office. Computing firsts at PARC included the personal computer, [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
						</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Of Mice and Keyboards]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1365</id>
		<updated>2024-06-25T17:00:28Z</updated>
		<published>2021-07-26T22:34:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="//c" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Apache" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Mac" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Apple" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Technology" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I’ve been sitting at a computer, everyday, in one form or another for several decades now. Naturally I have become selective when it comes to keyboards. For example, to aid motor memory, I try to limit changing keyboards as much as possible. I use an Apple Magic Keyboard for my personal iMac, not for any [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[A Company on the Edge]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1350</id>
		<updated>2021-06-27T16:09:48Z</updated>
		<published>2021-06-29T17:39:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Apple" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Book Review" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Most publications these days, when focusing on the early years of the personal computer industry, rarely look beyond the well-established companies of Apple, Microsoft and Intel. In Commodore: A Company on the Edge Brian Bagnall attempts to expand the common narrative by exploring Commodore&#8216;s influence in creating the PC industry. Alas, this book suffers from [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
						</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Chasing New Horizons]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1322</id>
		<updated>2021-05-21T18:40:11Z</updated>
		<published>2021-05-21T18:39:17Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Book Review" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In 1989 Pluto’s orbit reached perihelion, the closest point in its approach to Sun. In May of that year, Clyde Tombaugh, the American astronomer who had discovered Pluto in 1930, gave a lecture at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. As fortune would have it, I attended his talk and was able to meet with him one [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Apple and the 6502]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1274</id>
		<updated>2021-04-08T19:48:53Z</updated>
		<published>2021-04-10T16:26:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="//c" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Apple" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A MOS 6502 Processor and its Progeny]]></summary>

		
			</entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Paul Weinstein</name>
							<uri>https://www.weinstein.org</uri>
						</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Alternative Webcam Options for Mac with Webex]]></title>
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		<id>https://www.weinstein.org/blog/?p=1216</id>
		<updated>2021-03-09T20:41:03Z</updated>
		<published>2021-03-09T18:26:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Information Technology" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="iPhone" /><category scheme="https://www.weinstein.org/blog" term="Mac" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[How can I meet some basic webcam requirements without having to spend extra for a not necessarily better experience?]]></summary>

		
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