by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Santa Clara, California March 14, 1997 Arggggh! You called it a SINK! You have sealed your doom. David Berkstresser, referring to my foolish error in Issue #117 in describing the place where I’ll wash the dishes. One must never refer to a “sink” in a boat. We have…

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This was a beautifully produced event, with a refreshing inversion of the usual trade-show marketroid demographic. It was like a grown-up Science Fair, with almost every exhibit a fascinating presentation of somebody’s techno-passion. Wearables, music, robotics, even a jeep with a built-in recliner made of powerful speakers that let you feel the music big-time… lots…

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This was filmed during a rather overwhelming part of the project… I was in a big windowless building in Silicon Valley, my relationship of 2.5 years was ending, and we were definitely behind schedule. Computer Chronicles came by on December 18, 1996, and captured a snapshot of that phase… including some nice shots of the…

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by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Santa Clara, California January 21, 1997 A whim, once watered with imagination, becomes a dream, and the best time to take your first step toward a dream is always yesterday; the worst time: tomorrow. Our best compromise is today. Alvah Simon, aboard Roger Henry Since this is the…

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This is one of very few published photos of Hogfish, the 30-foot folding trimaran that was built before the Corsair F-27 by John Walton (yes, THAT John Walton) and Mike Michie. I bought it for a song in Los Angeles, trailered it to my Apple-sponsored lab in Silicon Valley, and built the Microship project around…

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by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Santa Clara, California December 22, 1996 Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. Thomas A. Edison It has been a busy month in the Microship lab, and this date marks the approximate halfway point of our two-year tenancy here. I’d like to open this issue with…

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This was a tidy little snippet in the “Closers” section at the end of this trade journal aimed at value-added resellers and solution providers. This page was for fun items, and included speculation about Apple’s chances, as well as some witticisms from Larry Ellison regarding Internet terminals vs PCs (“At my home we have a…

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by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Santa Clara, California October 29, 1996 Five-year goal: Build the biggest computer in the world. One-year goal: Achieve one-fifth of the above. Seymour Cray, while at CDC in the early 1960’s Microship Photos At Last! In response to a growing volume of requests for images to go with…

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by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Santa Clara, California October 14, 1996 Those who fail do so because they wait for things to happen… Those who succeed do so because they make things happen …author unknown The Epic Bulkhead Project The structural bulkheads are almost done! This is one of those cases that clearly…

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I love this article. The author does a wonderful job of introducing the pioneers of net-connected travel, each breaking new ground in different ways.  Re-reading this 16 years after it was published, I want to throw a party for my fellow paleo-technomads… it’s been a long road, even wilder than any of us imagined! I…

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