quote of the day

isn't it curious that despite the fact that virtually every sentient being on the planet these days is now carrying around a hand-held device that can instantly record at least a few minutes of video, we haven't seen a single second of persuasive evidence that alien beings are zipping around the atmosphere in their jazzy, souped-up, silent-as-midnight "flying saucers"?

— "john"

steve jobs, r.i.p.

over nearly thirty years, every computer i've ever owned was made by apple. as a computer-curious artist, steve had me with macpaint. i still have a copy of the program and a working mac plus to run it on ...

macpaint (1984)

apple iic (1984), something of a novelty item

macintosh plus (1986), my first art computer

performa 600 cd (1992), color! with built-in cd drive

power mac 8500 (1996), my first video-capable unit

powerbook lombard (2000), my first laptop

powerbook g4 line (titanium, 2001 & aluminum, 2005)

ipod g3 (2003)

ipod g5 video (2005)

macbook pro (2010)

see also:
computer comix v1.0
computer comix v2.0
computer comix v3.0