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Playing cards -- ZByte website... The 500-plus-year history of the playing card deck is fascinating. Its basic design of four abstract suits and 52 cards has not changed since the 1500s. But, the microprocessor has enhanced the game scene. With this in mind, I explored the possibility of a new design that had more relevance and more educational value for the 21st century. What finally evolved was a 52-card, 4-suit deck that is completely compatible for the playing of all traditional card games, but with special features that open the door to new types of games related to Boolean logic and binary math. The ZByte High Tech Playing Card Deck is the result. ZByte website Computer History -- Mind Machine Web Museum... For several years I have been collecting computer artifacts and literature. A color photograph shows part of the collection of classic computers, early video games, landmark calculators, and related artifacts. A keyed description identifies items in this photograph. Also, a listing of the complete collection--most of which is elsewhere now--includes representative individual photographs, resulting in a Website museum. Mind Machine Web Museum Group photo of my original computer/calculator/videogame collection -- 1989 Gaming (a.k.a. Gambling)... The printing press is just one "technology" influenced by gambling. Telecommunications is another. The controversial form of risk-taking known as "gambling" dates back at least to the Iron Age, and its synergistic development and mutual influence with the evolution of electronic and computer technology is fascinating. Bookies & Bookmaking bibliography Bookies & Bookmaking filmography Bookies & Bookmaking -- 19th century views Bookies & Bookmaking handicapping Bookies & Bookmaking telecommunications Games: Bookies & Bookmaking games Games: Horse Racing Technology of gambling East Chicago... I also have been looking at a related subject: gambling's long and colorful history in my old neighborhood of East Chicago, Indiana, and Indiana Harbor, and I have been maintaining an alumni list for my former high school in East Chicago. East Chicago gambling history Roosevelt High School alumni Stereoscopic photography and 3-D art... An updated version of a 1979 article of mine about the evolution of pictorial art since the 1400s and the purpose of stereoscopic imagemaking is hereby reprinted. Also reprinted is a bibliography that may be of interest to 3-D photographers, historians, and stereoscopic artists. I also assisted Roger Ferragallo and his Ferragallo Design Group, which is exploring new applications for the stereoscopic image including large architectural scale projects. We successfully completed a special version of Roger's classic 1972 Moon Mandala for Las Vegas's 1146-foot Stratosphere Tower--the tallest building west of the Mississippi. It is now the dominant ceiling design both above the main entrance and above the main casino of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. Other large-scale projects are being planned. Stereoscopy, its place in fine arts Bibliography of 3D and stereoscopy 3-D pointillism photo-sculpture, 1972 Ferragallo Design Group Timothy Leary -- a 1990 stereoscopic 3D portrait Keystone Telebinocular stereoscope Vaudeville history in Ohio... Another interest is early twentieth-century show business, including vaudeville. Since my great-grandfather managed a vaudeville theatre in Willard, Ohio, I spent a summer researching all the records extant and was struck by the incredible richness of live performances and community theater activities in a typical small midwestern town of 3000. Sadly, information regarding these travelling small-town plays and artists seems to be lost, so, I thought a listing of those booked by my great-grandfather might be of value as a portrait of American vaudeville between 1903 and 1912. Any additional information about these plays or performers would be appreciated. Vaudeville in Ohio Madaba Mosaic Map History of stereophony and binaural audio products Stoddart Radio Company History W3XK -- America's first television station 1930 Holmes C. Miller Radio Receiver Improved Williamson Amplifier -- hi-fi project built in 1959 The Accordion and the 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco The Harry Pierson Library of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell MG-PB automobile -- Last seen in Chicago, where is it? Hal and Polly's Electric Company Sea Ranch, California -- in 1966 KK6HY and favorite radio links Walter Winchell photographs -- from my collection of unpublished materials Layher and Layer family Web links and genealogy Family: Christine Family: Eric Family: Polly Family: Ed Palen Friends: Rudy Bender, 3D photographer Friends: Roger Ferragallo, artist Friends: John Kristoff, poet/artist/architect Friends: John Nemeth, artist |
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