18th June 2012 The Little House In Canada

Once upon a time in the 60's, Elder Barber sang a popular song with these words "I had a little house in Canada, with a pond and flowers ... the most beautiful there were ..."

Now a young man Joel Allen, is possibly fulfilling a childhood dream, having built a little house in the shape of an egg in the trunk of an old tree in the Canadian forest of Whistler; not like most that are built on the branches of a tree, but inside the tree. Original & sheer enchanting.

 

Photo shows Joel, the proud owner, entering his dream house. I am wildly imagining how I would love to design the interior and what won't I give to spend a night in it.

 

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18th June 2012 Steve Jobs' Apple 1

The first personal computer 'Apple 1' designed by Steve Jobs in 1976, from which 175 were produced and today a museum piece, is going to be auctioned by Sotheby's, New York within the next few days. It cost Steve Jobs then $500 and it was sold shortly after for just a bit more than that modest sum. Now though It's estimated to sell easily for $120,000. It's one of the 50 of the same series in the world & still functioning. 

 

Experts assured that after 35 years the computer still works would no doubt up the bids in the auction, reminding the other Apple 1 sold in 2010 with the initial figure fixed in $150,000 including based plate twith microprocessor 6502 & 8 bits ram, was eventually sold for $211,000

The computer yes very old fashioned but, without it's existence, we wouldn't see the new breed of dog in the photo below - In an ordinary street, an ordinary housewife taking for a walk a most extraordinary dog.

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