Build Your Own Lunar Lander Computer ...

Talk about "old school"! Here's a link to building your own working replica of the Apollo 11 LEM guidance computer. It took John Pultorak, who is a 54 year old Lockheed Martin software engineer, 4 years to build and program it in his basement. He even documented the construction and posted the plans here. The computer contained a whopping 4k of RAM!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12

• RT @voycey Reg: CompuServe signs off: AOL shutters classic provider CompuServe http://bit.ly/ixDVs #


• Sigh, fond memories of my first ISP: RT @voycey Reg: CompuServe signs off: AOL shutters classic provider CompuServe http://bit.ly/ixDVs #


• Easy answer for the SiFi rebrand. SiFi was too generic to trademark! Purely commercial reason ... #


• Building brick garden paths is a lotta' work! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

• Checking out Newseum in DC. If you are news junkie this is for you. Lots of tech too! #


• My ride on the DC Metro was interesting. Smoke that smelled like burning insulation came from the last car! #


• Hanging out at a Washington Freedom women's soccer game. Good crowd! Women's sports has come a long way, needs to go even further! #


• These girls (women?) really bring it! Just saw two of them collide racing for the goal. Ouch! #

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