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HP Visualize B2000 that helped win a Nobel Prize in Physics
I acquired an HP Visualize machine from the ESO observatories in Chile; it was part of the VLT Paranal hardware used during research into the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in the 2000s. Thanks to this equipment, the theory regarding the existence of a black hole in our galaxy was verified, helping three prominent researchers win a prestigious award.
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Restoration of a ThinkPad 750Cs, one of IBM's most important machines
During the summer of 2025, my wife and I traveled to Orlando, Florida, to visit the Visitor Complex at the Kennedy Space Center. Before leaving the city, I wanted to visit some thrift stores, like Goodwill, and I was lucky enough to find a ThinkPad 750Cs that, coincidentally, turned out to be from the same series that first went into space.
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PS/note, the laptop that IBM forgot
A couple of years ago, I got this laptop; it caught my eye because it looked exactly like the first Thinkpads. Despite having worked for IBM back in 2006, I had never seen, heard, or read about this model in IBM documentation; it's been completely removed from the company's historical information...
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TYCO Mutator: A Childhood Dream Come True
It was December 1996, Christmas Day. My childhood dream was to receive the TYCO Mutator, the most incredible remote-controlled car ever created. But instead, a TYCO Dagger arrived. While it was a great gift, something always remained unfulfilled. Twenty-six years later, in December 2022, I decided to treat myself to what I never had in my childhood. The search was complicated...
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