This piece in El Mercurio (Santiago, Chile) appeared during the year between BEHEMOTH launch and the start of the Microship project. I am grateful to my friend Barbara Murtaugh for translating the text to English.   Pedaling 182 Kilograms of Technology by Hernán Valdés El Mercurio, Santiago edition September, 1992 Steve Roberts could participate in La Vuelta Ciclista de…

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This short commentary on my book was published the month after the author’s ConneXions piece about BEHEMOTH. Computing Across America: The Bicycle Odyssey of a High-Tech Nomad by Steven K. Roberts Learned Information, Inc. (Medford, NJ: 1988) 347 pp., ISBN 0-938734-18-0 reviewed by Carl Malamud ConneXions Volume 6, Number 9 September, 1992 Normally, we don’t…

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An early look at the emerging technology of wireless data… Full article is readable in the image above (control-click to open in new tab if you wish to embiggen), and the closing paragraph about my adventure is extracted below. by John Schwartz Newsweek August 17, 1992 Ultimately, users will always need to temper their love…

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From 1987-1992, I published 12 issues of an on-the-road ‘zine. This began as the Journal of High Treknowledgy, and then grew into the more substantial Journal of High-Tech Nomadness. The absolute pinnacle of this series of publications was Issue #11, produced by Doug Brightwell at his home office in Cupertino… and the magazine itself became…

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I always loved this journal, published by the folks who put on the INTEROP shows and tracking every detail of emerging Internet technology. This piece was by Carl Malamud, and was derived from his visit to my Bikelab at Sun Microsystems while researching his book, Exploring the Internet: A Technical Travelogue. (A new edition is…

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During my 1992 Mothership jaunt around the US, one of my fondest memories is an extended visit to Peterborough, New Hampshire… home of the the late Wayne Green (W2NSD) and his publishing empire, along with all sorts of interesting people. My old editor and friend from 73 Magazine, Bill Brown (WB8ELK), was running the spin-off…

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This article in the Russian tabloid press came during the heyday of BEHEMOTH, and the gorgeous sculpture above was created in 2019 by Cecil DeMeerleer. Педальныи конь Стивена Робертса Комсомо́льская пра́вда July 25, 1992 Note: the publication is Komsomolskaya Pravda,with the link to an English Wikipedia page describing this daily Russian tabloid. A more detailed Russian…

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VIP-visit - MIT Media Lab FRAMES

When I was schmoozing around academia in 1992 on a quest for Microship development facilities (eventually landing at UCSD), I was sorely tempted by the MIT Media Lab. Although open Cube workspace in an urban environment was a bit overwhelming to contemplate, I’ll always wonder if it would have indeed been the wiser choice… the…

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What a playground… I had the real pleasure of spending an afternoon at Thinking Machines, getting graphics demos from Karl Sims, and meeting a dizzying array of luminaries. After BBN the day before, with MIT Media Lab the day after, I was getting seriously tempted to land in Boston and start the Microship project there.…

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This is a recurring theme of my technomadics… playing with machines that opened amazing doors. It was almost dizzying, during three successive days in 1992, to speak at BBN, Thinking Machines, and MIT Media Lab. BBN (originally Bolt, Beranek and Newman and now part of Raytheon) was best known in the olden days for developing…

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