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Thursday, April 16, 2026
Minnesota’s early school connected computer network
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@Mark Ollig During the 1965-66 school year at University High School in Minneapolis, teachers installed a Model 33 ASR teletype. The machine...
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Apollo 8 and Artemis II: no lifeboat
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@Mark Ollig After learning that Artemis II would proceed without an attached lunar lander, I was reminded of Apollo 8. In 1968, I wondered w...
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Automation and AI maintain circuit board production
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@Mark Ollig Your vehicles, smartphones, computers, and other electronic devices depend on circuit boards filled with hundreds or even thousa...
Thursday, March 26, 2026
From BBS chat to today’s instant messaging
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@Mark Ollig Before the World Wide Web became part of everyday life, many computer enthusiasts, including this humble columnist, operated a c...
Thursday, March 19, 2026
The evolution of Google’s ‘Nano Banana’
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@Mark Ollig Nano Banana 2 became Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) image creation and editing tool Feb. 26 of this year, powered ...
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