Nothing makes my blood boil like nearing the finish line on a freshly re-imaged computer, only to come to a OneDrive KFM roadblock.
Continue reading “OneDrive Known Folder Move: Your IT Administrator has set a policy that prevents changes to known folders. Please remove this policy and try again.”REMINDER: Philly Mini Maker Faire is THIS WEEKEND! Sunday, October 6th 2019!
Just a reminder that the Philly Mini Maker Faire is this weekend on Sunday, October 6th!
Location: Pennovation Works, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
I highly recommend checking it out if your a maker, tinkerer, fixer, or just interested in technology or mechanics. Maker Faires are not limited to computers, electronics, and other “nerdy” activities, they’re all about making, which includes things like clothing, jewelry, glass blowing, knife making (iron works), food, snacks, and any other “making” activity.
Note that parking for the event is a couple blocks away from the event itself, and there are free shuttle buses available that take you back and forth.
Buy your tickets early for a discount! Web site: https://philly.makerfaire.com/
See you there!
Sperry / Univac and Mapper Memorabilia
My last post mentioned that along with the Sperry Uniscope terminal, I found a bunch of Sperry, Univac, and “Mapper” ephemera (stickers, magnets, etc) around it. Apparently the previous owner was a Univac employee and worked with the “Mapper” software, which is still available today from Unisys as “BIS”.
Continue reading “Sperry / Univac and Mapper Memorabilia”Sperry Uniscope 100 Terminal Acquired
Happened upon a “barn sale” over the weekend. Lots of junk and almost left empty handed until I found a side room and spotted this…
I had no idea what it was beyond being a very vintage terminal, so I grabbed it.
Wells-Gardner 19K7201 Arcade Monitor Repair
What was one of my favorite games in the ‘cade broke down on me – my Megatouch 7. Yes this thing is so old it has a CGA monitor, but its been a solid performer for years.
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Finally Did some Wrenching
With the weather getting nicer (not as hot) and not having to travel just yet, I finally have some opportunity to do some wrenching. It seems my project cars never get any love, over the easier, “hands not as dirty” nerdy things, but I still love spinning a wrench from time to time.
Interesting Pics: Broken Hand Dryer
This is the first in a series of random pics I find interesting or cool, or whatever. I am not a photographer, but sometimes see things I’d like to share.
This one was taken at a diner in Central Pennsylvania. I guess its sort of a selfie too!
Cinema I & II Movie Theater – Plymouth Meeting Mall 1992
I figured I’d share this to get a copy posted up here. My sister sent me this since it was shared on Facebook recently, and as a nostalgia nut this is the kind of stuff I LOVE finding. This is the movie theater at the Plymouth Meeting Mall, in Plymouth Meeting PA, likely around 1992 (due to the movie poster you see – the movie was “Boomerang“.)
Life and Lawnmowers and Livewire
As always life gets busy and I haven’t updated in a bit, so I figured I’d get something posted up. Life has been crazy busy lately, with a bunch of traveling mixed in with a bunch of working, lol. Sadly labor day has come to pass, and I didn’t get to Wildwood or many amusement parks this year, but for good reason: I’ve been traveling a bunch this year, and I’ll likely post up some pics and fun things from my travels later on. This week I set aside my nerdy computer things to focus on more gas-powered fun…
Continue reading “Life and Lawnmowers and Livewire”At&t Tech/Archive Channel on Youtube is Addictive!
So the past few days I’ve been poking around in the Youtube channel “At&t Tech Channel”. Within that is the “At&t Archive” that hosts tons of old videos from At&t, Bell Labs and MA Bell. These videos are awesome for a variety of reasons; but other than the retro-futurism of them, it shows just how much MA Bell either “thought” or “was” the technology provider of the people back then. (At least until the Carterfone Decision)
It’s really interesting to see the concept videos showing paging for farms, how the “central office” was obsolete and going away, leading to *gasp* DIALING (and later push-button dialing), amongst other things.
It’s also interesting how a handful of these videos are somewhat local to the PA/NJ area, as the NJ Bell labs building was a substantial part of them back then, and (if I’m not mistaken) where a number of major innovations, including the invention of the transistor happened.
If you’re nerdy like me and need a new time waster, definitely check out this channel!
At&t Tech Channel (and archive): https://www.youtube.com/user/ATTTechChannel