Blog Home

Archive for August, 2011

Nostalgia

 A nostalgic look at Visicalc.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

On a recent web wandering, I came across the official site for Visicalc. Visicalc was the first (or at least one of the very early) spreadsheet programs. From the above site, you can download a working copy of the program that will run in an MS DOS process under Windows.

[… more]

Filed in Nostalgia    Comments Off on Nostalgia

The Other Irish Diaspora

 The Other Irish Diaspora - Polar Bears May Have Irish Roots

Friday, August 19, 2011

Mass migration is a recurring part of Ireland’s history. From potato blight to economic blight the Irish have frequently needed to leave their homeland. Along with the expected Great Britain, The United States, and Australia, theIrish ended up in places such as Argentina, Mexico, and Chile.

It seems we may be able to add the Artic to that list.

[… more]

Filed in Miscellany    Comments Off on The Other Irish Diaspora

Blog Home