Nonlaser things that I think GFers will find interesting

I have some bad news for you.

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My first, my Dad brought it home out of the blue when I was 9 or 10. I don’t think I ever thanked him enough, but he did see me go on from playing with that thing every afternoon to a long, happy career in computer science.

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Oh snap, December 16?

That’s too bad.

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about 35 years ago, i found out my dad had one of the original PARC Xerox computers, the Alto,in his basement in boxes. i kick myself every time i think about it because i should have made him give it to me. probably worth a pretty penny today.

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Ah so cool.

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Thank you for this.

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Love that!

The girl blowing bubbles and the rope ones especially :heart:

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That’s cool. Are you involved with the project?

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oh no. just a fan of mini museum. i got their first mini museum on kickstarter as a christmas gift for my wife.

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Back in the 70s a company made anamorphic puzzles like that. So cool!!

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Really enlightening breakdown of photo processing from raw sensor data:

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Okay, that is very cool. I love the step by step breakdown.

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Definitely not laser related. Made this for the holidays. 8 thumbs up, everyone loved them.

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Oh wow, those sound fabulous!

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I spend so much time modifying photos of things like sunsets so they match what my eyes see… but the fact that I can do it within the options my phone gives me it’s quite nice!

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And even then you’re just matching how it looks on that particular screen! And in that particular room with that particular lighting!

Color fidelity matching is a rabbit hole that some people never climb back out of :slight_smile:

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