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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During one of my visits to the home of the Wayne Green empire in Peterborough, New Hampshire, I spent time at Byte and 73 Magazine. This was a small photo/caption in the local paper. A longer story about my visit is in Radio Fun and the photo below is by my host, Bill Brown.  Photos by…

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A visit with dear friends in Jamesville, New York, led to a flurry of media coverage including this piece from Syracuse and the one below from Ithaca. I had just begun a media/speaking tour with BEHEMOTH in a mobile lab, and had just finished filming a Phil Donahue episode in New York City. I was…

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This is an Associated Press story, yet I believe its distribution was regional to central New York… the local angle is my recent stop in Jamesville (near Syracuse, just down Interstate 81 from Waterwown). I stayed a few days there with my old friend Jean Polly and her family, and was on one of my…

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Bikelab Notes #17 June 5, 1992 by Steven K. Roberts IN THIS ISSUE: Phil Donahue Show Road Stories  Sensory Input Capacitors Hints of Aquatic Nomadness “If it needs to be stronger, we make it bigger. If that makes it ugly, we chrome it.”— Harley-Davidson engineer, speaking anonymouslyduring discussion of structural engineering and materials science. Well, well. The…

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