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Computer History Museum
Situated roughly between downtown Mountain View and Google’s corporate campus is the Computer History Museum. I had a chance to visit for the first time the other day. The museum’s main gallery — which is quite large — begins with the abacus, and ends more or less at the modern day. As if to drive…
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Silicon Valley takes on Steve Jobs acid trip
This exchange in Silicon Valley’s 3rd episode may sound familiar: Erlich: Richard, take Aviato. That’s not a name that I found, it’s a name that found me — on a vision quest. Something that you should do.Richard: No, no, I’m not going to eat a bunch of drugs and sit out in the desert and…
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Ugly building in “Silicon Valley” show
Mike Judge’s new show “Silicon Valley” satirizes Bay Area tech culture. From Peter Thiel paying kids not to attend college to unconventional social norms to strange business practices, the show has some pretty easy targets to mock. One of my favorite aspects of the show is the unusual architecture it highlights on the Peninsula. From…
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