@garyd-ishere.bsky.social
I for one appreciate your perspectives- glad to see you so active this morning.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I for one appreciate your perspectives- glad to see you so active this morning.
IBM 1401 - First computer class was when I was in HS but the class was at the local JC with the 1401.
First IT job was repairing the ultra-modern Tab Products Co microprocessor based keypunch machine. 80 characters per card, state of the art.
They also came out with an 8" floppy - 1 disc=640 cards
First IT job was repairing the ultra-modern Tab Products Co microprocessor based keypunch machine. 80 characters per card, state of the art.
They also came out with an 8" floppy - 1 disc=640 cards
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
IBM 1401 - First computer class was when I was in HS but the class was at the local JC with the 1401.
First IT job was repairing the ultra-modern Tab Products Co microprocessor based keypunch machine. 80 characters per card, state of the art.
They also came out with an 8" floppy - 1 disc=640 cards
First IT job was repairing the ultra-modern Tab Products Co microprocessor based keypunch machine. 80 characters per card, state of the art.
They also came out with an 8" floppy - 1 disc=640 cards
Reminds me of Sgt Shultz on the old Hogan's Heroes TV show - "I see nothing! I hear nothing!" as all kinds of obvious crap goes on around him.
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reminds me of Sgt Shultz on the old Hogan's Heroes TV show - "I see nothing! I hear nothing!" as all kinds of obvious crap goes on around him.
He would have my vote
August 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
He would have my vote
A friend of mine used to work for Bill Graham Presents in SF. He told me about working a show in Oakland and looking for the Boss to let him know it was time to get on stage. Springsteen was in the lounge sitting at the bar drinking a beer and chatting with the bartender like he was just a guy -
June 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A friend of mine used to work for Bill Graham Presents in SF. He told me about working a show in Oakland and looking for the Boss to let him know it was time to get on stage. Springsteen was in the lounge sitting at the bar drinking a beer and chatting with the bartender like he was just a guy -
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
June 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
Take a good look around -
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
June 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Take a good look around -
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
Could start by getting the hairy fat guys in underpants out of my feeds that appear despite my consistent blocking of accounts and clicking on "show less of this". The algorithms really need work -
June 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Could start by getting the hairy fat guys in underpants out of my feeds that appear despite my consistent blocking of accounts and clicking on "show less of this". The algorithms really need work -
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
June 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
I'm thinking "Catch me now I'm falling" is apropos -
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm thinking "Catch me now I'm falling" is apropos -
It's gonna be a long walk home.
May 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's gonna be a long walk home.
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
With ya boss
With ya boss
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
With ya boss
With ya boss
All you gotta do is just get on board
Hope the tour goes awesome. Great appreciation to those few who can take the psyche to that wonderful land of hope and dreams -
Hope the tour goes awesome. Great appreciation to those few who can take the psyche to that wonderful land of hope and dreams -
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
All you gotta do is just get on board
Hope the tour goes awesome. Great appreciation to those few who can take the psyche to that wonderful land of hope and dreams -
Hope the tour goes awesome. Great appreciation to those few who can take the psyche to that wonderful land of hope and dreams -
It ain't no phone call on Sunday, flowers, or a Mother's Day card
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It ain't no phone call on Sunday, flowers, or a Mother's Day card
KLOS and the Mighty Met played Satisfaction Guaranteed and Radioactive for years -
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
KLOS and the Mighty Met played Satisfaction Guaranteed and Radioactive for years -
It was a huge hit
April 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It was a huge hit
they broke the mold
April 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
they broke the mold
You know playin' blind man's bluff is a little baby's game
Missed ya -
Missed ya -
April 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You know playin' blind man's bluff is a little baby's game
Missed ya -
Missed ya -
I'd have to say American families will be paying the scalper rate -
April 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'd have to say American families will be paying the scalper rate -
Currently being led by Orwellian narcissists this is likely the evolutionary future of society. From genetical tribes to digital ones featuring electronic masking of the age old issues - leadership quality, common cultural morality and empathy.
The trail your descendants follow will be everything.
The trail your descendants follow will be everything.
April 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Currently being led by Orwellian narcissists this is likely the evolutionary future of society. From genetical tribes to digital ones featuring electronic masking of the age old issues - leadership quality, common cultural morality and empathy.
The trail your descendants follow will be everything.
The trail your descendants follow will be everything.
So listen up, my sonny boy, be ready for when they come
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
So listen up, my sonny boy, be ready for when they come
It’s a long dark highway and a thin white line
April 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s a long dark highway and a thin white line