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Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k refitted with a new white casing.

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Lamborghini Countach

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Ad for the Sharp X1 - Japan, mid 1980s

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🇺🇲 Explore the remarkable story of NeXT Computer and its profound influence on the evolution of computing! Founded by Steve Jobs in 1985 following his departure from Apple, NeXT embarked on a mission to redefine personal computing with its pioneering approach and state-of-the-art technology.

💻 Introduced in 1988, the NeXT Computer was celebrated as a revolutionary workstation that pushed the boundaries of hardware and software integration. With its sleek black design and unparalleled performance, it offered users a glimpse into the future of computing.

💡 At its core, the NeXT Computer ran on the NeXTSTEP operating system, a Unix-based platform renowned for its advanced features and developer-friendly environment. Utilizing an object-oriented programming model and intuitive user interface, NeXTSTEP paved the way for modern operating systems, laying the groundwork for macOS and iOS.

🔍 Notable figures such as Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, relied on NeXT workstations to develop the first web browser and web server, underscoring the platform's impact on shaping the internet as we know it today.

📉 Despite initial commercial challenges, the NeXT Computer's legacy endured through its profound influence on the technology industry. In 1997, Apple acquired NeXT, marking Steve Jobs' return to the company he co-founded and setting the stage for Apple's resurgence as a global leader in technology.

🌟 The NeXT Computer remains a testament to innovation and foresight, demonstrating the transformative power of technology to shape the world.

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I really think we lost something in game console design over the years. Maybe it's just the retro appeal after the fact, or secondhand nostalgia for parents' and cousins' machines I played with as a kid, but I love the look of the consoles in the 70s and 80s. Sure, some of them were ugly as sin, but some of them were gorgeous.

The Magnavox Odyssey, released 1972. The Odyssey series were true games centres, and came with games boards and accessories as combo boardgame/video games. This thing just looks futuristic, even fifty years later.

The Odyssey 300, one of its successors. Who says the 70s were all brown? This one came out in 1976, so we're still in preprogrammed consoles here.

The TV Tennis or Electrotennis, by Epoch Co. Released in Japan in 1975, the country's first home console. All these games were basically tennis games, like the classic:

Atari Home Pong Tele-Game. Simple, clean, means business.

The Color-TV Game Block Kuzushi. This was part of the first series of Nintendo consoles. This particular one was released in 1979 and played a Breakout-clone. Shigeru Miyamoto codesigned this one, two years before creating Donkey Kong.

The Fairchild Video Entertainment System or Channel F from 1975. I love the wood veneer finish. We should bring that back. Pure 70s. This was the first console to use game cartridges, and the first console with a pause control!

The Bally Astrocade. Also known by various other names, but "Astrocade" is unbeatable. Released in 1977, discontinued, then relaunched around '82. Very sophisticated for its time, with 28 "Videocades" available holding one or two games each.

The Atari 2600, AKA Atari VCS and Tele-Games Video Arcade. Released in 1977, and it looks like it. It looks like it's made of chocolate.

The Epoch Cassette Vision, a strange cart-based console from Japan in 1981. It played a bunch of arcade knockoffs but looked sleek and futuristic doing it.

The original Nintendo Game & Watch, playing Ball, released in 1980. Created by the legend Gunpei Yokoi, who also invented the D-Pad!

More to come I feel, these are just too beautiful.

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new sona ? ? ? ?

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兵庫 出石 // Izushi, Hyogo // Tomoko.M

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(nice dream)

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(by kobaken++)

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高山寺/光さす金堂 Kosan-ji Temple/Mainhall with Heavenly Light

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Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil by Michael Anderson

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Jules de Balincourt Think Globally Act Locally, 2007

Oil on panel 157.5 x 193 cm  96 x 132 in

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“When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.” — Zhuangzi

Alpha et Omega ✭𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖑𝖑✭ @spellamin

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Sun over the Waal - Willem den Ouden , 2006.

Dutch , b. 1928 -

Oil on canvas , 110 x 120 cm.