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The Oasis BBSRetro Computing Archive Exhibit at Kingston University
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Alex Celeste, Princess Consort of Burnoutwent back today to see the exhibit up close
fully hands-on if you're the sticking-around sort!
oh hey neat!
a retro computing exhibition at the university!
glad i saw this poster today as i only have tomorrow to find time to visit..!
this is at the Kingston University Town House, closed when i passed by so the photos are through the window from the street
according to the sign (text in alt) there's hands on gaming and programming, nice
HistoPol (#HP) π΄ πΊπΈ π΄#ClimateCatastrophy and the pending global financial crisis
(2/2)
...meltdown [due to climate change] would occur?"
#SteveKeen: π"It's going to be this decade."π
*Head of School of Economics, History and Politics, #KingstonUniversity in London.
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Cc @GhostOnTheHalfShell @economics-that-works @academicchatter
The MES TimesFifty years ago, the Q1 computer set the stage for today's technology, but it was nearly forgotten until recently discovered by the Just Clear team in London.
Watch the Video Now! A Journey Back in Time with Pioneering Desktop PCs: https://myelectricsparks.com/the-worlds-first-desktop-computers-discovered-after-nearly-50-years/
#desktop #computers #Personalcomputer #kingstonuniversity #kingstonuniversitylondon
Pauline von HellermannJust to add: a friend recently told me that #KingstonUniversity in London is closing its politics department, and that therefore from Sep onwards they have no job. This even though the dep is not running a deficit. The #University claim they are closing it in anticipation. What it boils down to is that this government wants poor people to do vocational stuff, not to become critical thinkers #GTTO
TwoWheelDev 
I've actually done it! Got my results on from university and I shall be graduating with a First!
Forgot to post about this yesterday, so here goes...
Yesterday, I sat my one and only exam for my final year at university. I still have to wait for all the final grades to come in, to know for sure how well I've done... But crunching the numbers I have so far, I should be on track to comfortably obtain a First Class Degree with Honours! It's been one hell of a ride, and I have massively enjoyed the process. I've got to meet some absolutely amazing people, both lecturers and fellow students.
dezeen (unofficial)Kingston University London β Town House by Grafton Architects wins 2021 Stirling Prize
The Kingston University London β Town House designed by RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has won this year's Stirling Prize.
Described by the RIBA Award judges as "high quality at every scale", the six-storey Town House in Kingston upon Thames was designed to act as "the university's front door".
The building was a surprise winner of the annual award for the UK's best building, with Marks Barfield's Cambridge Mosque the bookmakers favourite to win.
Top: Kingston University London β Town House has won the 2021 Stirling Prize. Above: a long colonnade runs along the street facade
The building contains the university's main library and archive, as well as a theatre, dance studios, teaching spaces and cafes.
It is fronted by a distinctive, 200-metre-long, multi-level colonnade made from reconstituted stone to recall the facade of the neighbouring Surrey County Council building.
The ground floor contains a theatre. Photo by Ed Reeve
"Conceptually, the building exploits two key devices: the colonnade and the courtyard," said the RIBA Award judges.
"Wrapping the building in a tall colonnade gives it presence on the street, successfully balancing the need to make a landmark statement with the wider need to respond respectfully in size and scale to its context."
The building is arranged around a ceremonial staircase
The 9,400-square-metre building is arranged around a statement staircase that rises to the top of the building and a series of large open communal spaces. Grafton Architects designed the building to be a welcoming, homely space for students.
"We imagined a place where students would feel at home," said Grafton Architects. "This building is about people, interaction, light, possibilities."
"It is about connecting to the community, the passer-by, an invitation to cross the threshold; a three-dimensional framework with layers of silence and layers of sound. Space, volume and light are the organisers," the studio continued.
"The building edges are not boundaries but active gathering spaces, terraces, galleries. Being outside under the big sky is always just a few steps away."
It was designed to make students feel at home
British architect Norman Foster, who was head of the Stirling Prize jury, described the building as "the future of education".
It is Grafton Architects' first Stirling Prize win after the medical school at University of Limerick was shortlisted in 2013. The award is the latest recognition for Grafton founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who were recently awarded the 2020 RIBA Gold Medal and the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
RIBA's Stirling Prize has been awarded annually since 1996, with the exception of last year when it was delayed due to coronavirus, to buildings deemed to have made the most significant impact to British architecture.
In 2019, the last year the prize was awarded, Mikhail Riches' Goldsmith Street social housing won, while in 2018 it was awarded to Foster + Partners' Bloomberg HQ.
Photography is byDennis Gilbert unless stated.
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