The .Gif Friday Post No. 958 – Goose the Turtle, Taste the Chicken & Jump the Penguins

[Found here, here, and undoctored leaping penguins here.]

Young Family in a Dark Forest at a Bridge To Nowhere

Four small nightmares. An abandoned stage set creates a terrifying forest setting for these visitors to a lonely theme park scene now closed. What horrible event was portrayed inside the forest with a bridge to nowhere but darker? – Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

[Right click to enlarge; full size at link. Photos and description 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.

Rui’an Street, Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011. Natsumi Hayashi photographer.

From Levitation series by Japanese photographer Natsumi Hayashi.
[Found here, via here.]