Living Computers

Living Computers

Long ago, she went to school to learn to punch cards and operate the computers that used them.

Living Computers is unlike any other computer museum that I've visited. Most of the computers on display are working and available for use by visitors. They have a huge collection of computer technology from the 1960s to the present. I especially enjoyed encountering computers from my past; including a CDC Cyber supercomputer, early Macs, and a Commodore 64. If I lived in Seattle, I'd immediately buy an annual membership.

Time-traveling back to my junior high school programming class.

Learning about the history of digital computing.

Time-traveling back to high school, playing video games and listening to Duran Duran.

Exploring the limits of a Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer

Painting with Bob Ross, on an Apple IIgs 

Examining the innards of a Cray supercomputer.

Remembering using a CDC Cyber in college.

Exploring Microsoft Excel on the machine on which I first used it.

Being reminded of copy protection through requiring users have the printed manual.

Patiently waiting for one of my teenage self's favorite games to load.

Programming a Commodore PET to greet the world.

Hoping I don't get eaten by a grue.

Considering whether one of these tele-presence robots would make my remote work easier.

Rubber, rubber. Chicken dinner.

Archie McPhee > Rubber Chicken Museum

Imagine

Palm Springs Art Museum

The Palm Springs Art Museum has an amazing diverse collection -- especially for a small town museum. I suspect it has some wealthy benefactors to thank. Thank you.

If you sit down for too long in this museum, they rope you off and make you an exhibit

Palm Springs Art Museum

Hysterical

Palm Springs Art Museum

As we walked about the museum, I kept noticing that two women were laughing hysterically nearly every time I saw them. I then noticed that they were looking at the paintings and sculptures through Snapchat face lenses.

Try it. You'll laugh too.

Chocolate wallpaper

Palm Springs Art Museum

The walls are "papered" with chocolate. Sophia likes this room.

Scottsdale Historical Museum

Scottsdale Historical Museum

Visit the Scottsdale Historical Museum in the historic Little Red School House to for a glimpse into Scottsdale's history and heritage.

Don't Look

Superstition Mountain Museum

Look at Superstition Mountain. Look at the snakes. Look at the skeleton. Look wherever you like, but don't look at the camera. :)