Mere coincidence?

Apple’s shares closed yesterday at $80.86 – on the very same day CEO Steve Jobs introduced the company’s first-ever Macintosh computers based on Intel microprocessors at Macworld Expo. 8086 was, coincidentally, Intel’s first 16-bit, x86 processor. It shipped in 1978, the year after Apple was founded. This was followed by the 8088, which was used… Read More »

Hurray to Blu-ray

With the Blu-ray Disc format now officially ratified, I wonder how HP will react to its about-face last December, when the company announced that it was throwing its weight behind HD-DVD, the next-generation optical disc format it has been opposing for the past few years. Ironically, HP said not too long ago that Blu-ray had… Read More »

March 15, 1989 (Wednesday)

Joey and Francis came and persuaded Kelvin II and me to go for a drink. Caroused at Anywhere and The Haven with Tania & Gypsy performing at the respective venues. Treat on Francis and Joey. Hit the streets after The Haven closed at 2am. Bought a bottle of Carlsberg Special Brew each at 7-Eleven and… Read More »