RafaelFajardo

Selfie with homage to square

January 10, 2014

January 9, 2014

engineeringhistory: The Bell 101 dataset, 1958. The Bell 101 was the first commercial modem and was capable of transmitting data over telephone lines at speeds of 110 baud, or approximately 13.75 bytes per second.

January 9, 2014

engineeringhistory: The IBM Harvard Mark I, or the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), an electromechanical computer built in 1944 for use by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. The machine was built out of switches, relays, rotating shafts, and clutches and weighed approximately 10,000 pounds.

January 9, 2014

ayanaahj: Octavia Butler’s 1965 senior class photo from John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. (via Stacey Muhammad)

January 9, 2014

ayanaahj: Octavia Butler’s 1965 senior class photo from John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. (via Stacey Muhammad)

January 9, 2014

archilovers: Upcycle House is an experimental project, aimed at exposing potential carbon-emission reductions through the use of recycled and upcycled building materials. In the case of Upcycle House, the reduction has been 86% compared to a benchmark house. Find more at: http://bit.ly/1dv45zM

January 9, 2014

I think my favourite aspect of it, though, is that at times, watching the bots play together is a little like magic. The first time I saw them talk to each other, cover each other whilst reloading, help each other up after a Boomer attacked, I felt a little (only a little, mind) like a…

January 9, 2014

I think my favourite aspect of it, though, is that at times, watching the bots play together is a little like magic. The first time I saw them talk to each other, cover each other whilst reloading, help each other up after a Boomer attacked, I felt a little (only a little, mind) like a…

January 9, 2014

No Contest

thenewinquiry: Library of Congress By TOMAS RIOS When sports is all about the money, every call is a chance to make a buck Some white boy in Texas killed four people while drunk driving and wasn’t held responsible because he’s rich. There is maybe more nuance to the story than that, but what matters is that…

January 9, 2014