Ever since Samuel Morse tapped out his famous “What hath god wrought.” message in 1844 on the primitive code key he devised others have tried to improve upon each element of the system. This resulted, by the time the last major telegraph offices were shuttered well over a hundred years later, in a multitude of different key… Continue reading Monkey Messages
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Technology Shrinks the World (and our patience)
The last couple of posts about the 1916 Audion and the misadventure in school that resulted from my weekend activities got me thinking a little bit about how we’ve evolved our electronic technology over the years and yet how much really has remained the same. In just a bit over 150 years, we have gone… Continue reading Technology Shrinks the World (and our patience)