Even when development started in summer '79 it took twice as long as Apple expected, not only because they had to get rid of Jobs first. So LISA wasn't launched earlier than 1983 with 1Mb RAM for almost U$D 10K. The project was a $50 million investment for Apple Inc., and kept losses low since it sold almost 5K units annually. After 27 months it was in-house competition that buried the Lisa computers, litterally. In the end it was a zero sum game for Apple, but a huge step for modern graphic user-interfaces and more personal computers.
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007). Cover Art for the 1959 Dell first paperback printing, and the frontispiece for the 1990 Masterpieces of Science Fiction series from The Easton Press by Richard M. Powers (1921-1996). Plus an amusing note from Vonnegut about Powers.
This illustration from David Revoy (@davidrevoy) is stunning in both composition and aesthetic. It’s his rendition of a character from the book “Ada & Zangemann,” a tale of maker/code culture and the fight against oppression and authoritarian control.
🎨 commission. this is a fun one because i drew everything on their own canvas so i can rearange everything in the room like the unpacking or the sims game.
#Affinity#Designer is currently available for 45 instead of 75 bucks and version 2.3 now comes with a spiral tool. Congratulations!
Somehow I can't remember when that function was added to Inkscape, can you?
Maybe that's because V0.45 already got it built in? However, congrats Serif for catching up.
#Affinity#Designer is currently available for 45 instead of 75 bucks and version 2.3 now comes with a spiral tool. Congratulations!
Somehow I can't remember when that function was added to Inkscape, can you?
Maybe that's because V0.45 already got it built in? However, congrats Serif for catching up.
The Atari 1200XL was a 8bit HomeComputer running a mos 6502 Processor at 1.79 MHz. When this beautiful machine was launched in 1983 with 64Kb RAM the price was under thousand dollars, but... http://youtu.be/watch?v=JyA5tA5mmYY
$omehow the C64 was much more popular even when specs been almost the same. The difference in BASIC language was less significant for the success. Most likely that competition was won by Commodore because Jack Tramiel took the advice of his grandfather so serious. https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22449/Atari-1200XL/
Good morning bibliophiles. It's a bit of a grey day in Winchcombe, perfect for reading or book shopping.
New stock in includes this super sweet 2001 Limited Edition Dean's Rag Book Bear and the brilliant Booklover's Guide to Bookshops 2024 Calendar by Thomas Shepherd.
When cultures differ on what it’s okay for kids to know (or see), what ends up in a book? Publishers self-censor to be safe…and to assure profit. Interesting POV from a translator of children’s books. #books#reading#illustration@bookstodon#libraries
Hey, @JonathanEmmett and I are Authorfy's Picture Book Authors of the Week!
We filmed a video for the occasion about our newest children's picture book The Tyrannosaur's Feathers, illustrated by @Stieven and published by UCLan Publishing.
Old art! Putting these two together since they're "companions" to each other, having been experiments in coloring and inking. Magnus and Max in the left, Magnus and Astemar in the right :meru_luv:
Petrov-Day is September 26th and named after Stanislav Petrov. This Man single handedly stopped total Nuclear War with his scepticism. His concerns about the credibility of incoming missile attack signals via the air-defense computer prohibited the self-genozide of humans. Our portrait may help a little to awareness.
share, boost and remember all friends and foes about this important #PetrovDay