8:48 am, September 5th, 2008, Pete Mortensen
BoingBoing guest blogger Lisa Katayama has tracked down an amazing work by Japanese cartoonist Mitsuru Sugaya, recounting the story of the founding of Apple from the 1970s to about 1984. The full series of comics is on uagaya’s web page, and it must be seen, if only for the scene of young Woz speaking to an octopus alien via Ham Radio.
Sugaya via BoingBoing
Posted by Pete Mortensen in Apple, Humor, Vintage Tech |
I probably shouldn’t be saying this on a Mac site, but reputation be damned: I’m quite interested to see Windows 7. Let me explain why. (Hang on while I put on my flame-proof jacket. There.)
THING THE FIRST: I want a netbook. I want a cheap, tiny, low-power little computer that does text editing and web [...]
It seems that suing Apple is no longer just the sport of crazy chicks allegedly denied their dog-given right to resell iPhones at extortionist rates because Apple discounted them. Instead, we have crazy patent campers who think that 25 years after Apple pioneered the use of the GUI in personal computers, they’re entitled to [...]
Steve Jobs in January 2008. Picture by Macinate. Creative Commons.
In the wake of Apple pulling out of Macworld — and the prospect that Steve Jobs may leave the company — many are wondering if Apple will survive without him.
The answer is yes, Apple will definitely survive without Steve Jobs. It may even thrive.
Here’s three reasons [...]
Image © 2008 Victor Anselme
Brazilian designer and Apple fan Victor Anselme has a few ideas about how the Mac mini might evolve into a useful and desirable product.
From his description, helpfully translated by Google from the original Portuguese, as amended by your humble correspondent:
The case would be done in mostly aluminum; the largest piece [...]
page 26 bottom left frame, shows bob freeman of microsoft. notice how it looks like he is taking apart the mac in an attempt to reverse engineer it.
peruchito, on September 5th, 2008 at 10:29 am
[...] curiosidad que me he topado en Cult of Mac: un manga japonés de hace unos 20 años en el que se narra minuciosamente y en clave infantil, el [...]
Curiosidad: Manga sobre el nacimiento de Apple | Soy de Mac, on September 5th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
[...] Vu sur Cult of Mac [...]
Ad (Art) · Les fondateurs d’Apple vus par un japonais, on September 7th, 2008 at 3:52 am