[Found here.]
Put this dog in charge of everything.
[Found here.]
Math is Fun.
The HP 9820A (AKA the 9800 series model 20) was HP’s third calculator. It made use of many of the same parts used to make the HP 9810. In fact, a number of PC boards were interchangeable between the two. There was, however, a major distinction: The HP 9820A was HP’s first algebraic calculator. It was a fully algebraic calculator with parentheses, precedence and even implied multiplication. (e.g., 2AB meant 2 times A times B.) The calculator displayed the expression as entered on a single line alphanumeric LED display (which showed 16 characters and scrolled as needed) and evaluated it when the EXECUTE key was pressed.
The HP 9820A was originally priced around $5,000 to $6,000 circa 1972, approximately $44K in 2026 USD.
[Unaltered image found here. Fake ad copy courtesy of Grok.]
Nothing Much Happened Today.
From Levitation series by Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi.
[Found here, via here.]
Misocaineacal Hot Links
Romantic Beach, Los Elásticos (2003)
Banda instrumental de México, amante de la lucha libre y de la de Música Surf. Los cuatro luchadores y una Go-go Dancer tienen una página web por ahí.
Potty love [via Thompson, blog].
Daredevil is Latin for bonehead.
Richard Johnston, Lonely Hunter.
The Boston Boom [via The Feral Irishman].
Argus is omnidirectional [via Everlasting Blört.]
1948 MG TC Special Roadster [via Memo Of The Air].
[Image at top: Soviet baby rally propaganda poster ca. 1923 via Nag on the Lake. Among other things they are demanding clean diapers.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Saturday Matinee – Olav & The Blues Cruise, Sturgill Simpson’s Sunday Valley, and Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers feat. J.D. Wilkes
Olav & The Blues Cruise is a blues band from Nijmegen,
“Beatin’ them strings like they owe him money.”
Sturgill Simpson’s Sunday Valley played some outlawbillygrass chicken pickin’ cowpunk in a barn somewhere in Nashville (2011). Simpson has multiple Grammy Awards and nominations, is an actor, and occasionally performs as his alter-ego Johnny Blue Skies.
Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers is a hellbilly punk band from Murray, Kentucky, fronted by banjo picker and harp wrangler J.D. Wilkes. Wilkes has a solo career as well, that includes music, visual art and illustration; he’s also a novelist, amateur filmmaker, and is a genuine Kentucky Colonel.
Lotsa news this week, some good, some bad, some too absurd to worry about, and tomorrow is Porch Time. I’ll have everything in order by whenever, so show up at the usual time and you can see for yourselves.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 957 – Five Froggos, One Happy Trailer and An Ice Plant
Disco Bull
Nomads and Dinosaurs
[Artwork by Curtis Lanaghan found here.]
Third Ave & Bowery, NYC
Note that the shop advert is a screen; the windows are visible. It’s around the corner down the street somewhere (or was). Presumably the building shown is (or was) on Bowery Street. Original photo by Tom Webb found in here, overlaid colorized portion by unknown. [Related post here.]
Memorial Day 2026
Arlington National Cemetery, L’Enfant Drive, Section 41.
Memorial Day is a time of remembrance, reflection, and reunion with friends and families. For your festivities, here are some unrelated tunes, chosen at random and ordered by year of release.
[Previous Memorial Day posts are archived here.]
[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of the recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only.]
Tacky Raccoons 