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Jan
26
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages.
Tag Archives: History
Jan
19
Rochester zoning board rules Cataract brewhouse can be razed
In the grand Rochester tradition of tearing down historically significant buildings and replacing them with parking lots, Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals will allow the Cataract brewhouse to be demolished and replaced with, wait for it, a parking lot. If I … Read More
Jan
10
The man behind the bikes of Easy Rider
If you’ve seen the movie Easy Rider you can’t forget the two custom motorcycles ridden by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda (both stolen at the end of filming). What you might not know is who designed both bikes, Cliff Vaughs. … Read More
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Jan
04
Peter Frampton’s iconic Les Paul recovered
If you are, ahem, of a certain age you certainly remember Frampton’s iconic cover photo on the ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ album. The guitar he was holding, a 1954 Les Paul Custom with three pickups, was thought to have been lost … Read More
Dec
15
Preserve old brewhouse or turn it to rubble?
This is Rochester. We don’t preserve old buildings when we can neglect them for decades then claim they’re beyond repair and tear them down. At least they might not be just turning it into a parking lot. Some photos of the … Read More
Nov
10
Images of WWI Battlefields
WWI started almost 100 years ago yet the land still bears evidence of its destruction.
