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Guess the Caption on this Picture!

Lane Lindstrom sent this picture in, asking if anyone could guess the phrase that is represented by the items shown. In a sort of Charades, Pictionary, and Wheel of Fortune, we present this picture with a three word caption. The first folks with the correct answer are noted below.

Hover over the picture to see if you got it right!

The first folks with the correct answer were:

Dave Hershberger, Kent Randles, Gary Cavell, Rick Grzebik, Ed Trombley, and John Petter. 

Spaghetti and Meatballs!

How about a trip down memory lane for tubes?

The fate of Antarctic Penguins

Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica?

Where do they go ?

Well, wonder no more ! ! !

It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life.

If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried.

The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:

“Freeze a jolly good fellow.”

“Freeze a jolly good fellow.”

Then they roll the body into the ice hole.

A Visual History of Computer GUIs

Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.

Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.

Click below to take a look at the evolution of the interface designs of the major operating systems since the 80’s.

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The Retro-encabulator

The Turbo Encabulator

How about some signs that make you scratch your head?

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Picture courtesy: Tom Bosscher. 

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“Cleaned up” .bmp file by Jerry Mathis

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Picture courtesy: Tom Bosscher. Click on the picture for a “cleaned up” .bmp file by Jerry Mathis

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