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Robert Metcalfe visualizes a networked world

network cables
Cable bundle

Ethernet is the foundational technology allowing computers to quickly communicate.

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15 May 2022: a melange

Hudson River, GE dredging
General Electric dredging PVC on the Hudson River (NY). Image: Wikimedia

Apple, Disney, GE and USDA

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From human computers to computerized spreadsheets

handwritten ledger

VisiCalc demoed (privately) on an Apple II at West Coast Computer Faire on 11 May 1979.