At fairly short notice, we decided to take a weeks holiday this October. At even shorter notice we settled on Munich for our destination. Attractions such as the Deutsches Museum (Germany’s main science and technology venue), the BMW Museum and the Munich Sea Life Centre, would keep the vacationing geeks happy on a rainy day. [...]

It’s 35 years since PARC’s Bob Metcalfe scribbled down a methodology for connecting their computers to a shared printer.
A third of a decade later Ethernet remains the standard for wired client networks, and doesn’t look to be supplanted anytime soon.
Thanks Bob, and Happy Birthday Ethernet!
Via: Wired (who have a copy of the original memo)

Yay! My shiny new iMac is “on the van for delivery” and I’m all excited. I’ll probably drop off the wire for a day or so whilst I set-up and spend some quality time with my new (electronic) best friend.
Don’t worry there’ll be no unboxing shots from me, instead here are some from California’s Computer [...]