Ken Dove

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Unix geezer from V6, ArpaNet to Internet when it was a nice place hoping for a friendly spot
Show threadKen DoveMay 31, 2023
@celset2 Birdwatchers rejoice! His interviews were fantastic looking forward to the show!
Show threadKen DoveMay 19, 2023
@Popehat Karl never looked that good! Actually don’t challenge this stupid stunt, just block TikTok in MT and let every tween torment their parents until they give in
Show threadKen DoveJan 14, 2023
@docpop i hauled all of these Byte Mags across many moves until 2001. Now I’m sorry… sigh
Ken DoveJan 14, 2023
Doctor M. PopularJan 12, 2023

Robert Tinney was the cover artist for Byte magazine from 1975-1986, where he cranked out these fantastic paintings that captured the spirit of tech from that time. Here is one of my favorites (from 1981). #RetroComputing #Byte

I've shared more of Robert's retro-futuristic paintings on my blog https://docpop.org/2020/11/robert-tinneys-visions-of-the-future/

Robert is also selling prints via his site http://tinney.net/

Robert Tinney's Visions Of The Future - Doc Pop's Blog

Though I’ve seen a few of these on bookshelves over the years, I’ve only recently come to truly appreciate Robert Tinney‘s beautifully painted covers for Byte magazine. Tinney’s futuristic paintings appeared on Byte’s covers from 1975-1986 and and really set the magazine apart from other tech journalism of it’s era. Here’s a great write up […]

Doc Pop's Blog
Ken DoveDec 26, 2022
Ken WhiteDec 25, 2022
Deployment of Christmas catnip results in cat crackhouse
Ken DoveDec 16, 2022
Ken WhiteDec 16, 2022

Remember: Twitter is Elon's company, he has the free speech and free association right to run it pretty much however he wants and to ban people for petty narcissistic reasons.

And we have the right to laugh and point at his ridiculousness and at the free-speech pretenses of his gullible fans.

Show threadKen DoveNov 30, 2022
@electron_greg clatter from a teletype doing scans seemed to make it more realistic! Lol
Show threadKen DoveNov 30, 2022
@electron_greg My high school teacher banned us from using an ASR33 teletype for this. Still run it on a pdp8 emulator for kicks!
Show threadKen DoveNov 9, 2022
@xcud lol all I changed was……
Show threadKen DoveNov 8, 2022
@jfallows so happy you’re here! You are one of only a handful of people on my Bird feed. You’re writing/commentary is always insightful. As a fellow small plane pilot is a nice bonus!