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château de fontainebleau
from lana del rey posted in music by prof_improbable
The opulent and palatial setting for Lana Del Rey's 2011 video "Born to Die" is actually a palace- The Palace of Fontainebleau.
The grounds for the palace date back as far as the 12th century, with much of the work done in the 16th century. A bunch of King Louises stayed here, as did Napoleon, and now Lana Del Rey with a couple of tigers.
view full location details...kickapoo high school
from brad pitt posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Brad Pitt (class of '82) attended Kickapoo High School here in Springfield, Missouri.
view full location details...apple computers first office
from apple, steve jobs posted in technology by prof_improbable
Apple got their first major investor in Mike Markkula, a former Intel employee who had made millions and retired by the age of 34. He help draw up a business plan where he would invest $250,000 to build 1,000 machines.
Apple hired Rob Holt (a friend of Steve Jobs) to create a power supply and create a mold for the distinctive plastic shell (as opposed to the previous wooden case). With the addition of an office manager in Mike Scott, the company moved to their first real office setting in 1976.
the byte shop (former)
from apple, steve jobs posted in technology by prof_improbable
This address is the former location of The Byte Shop. Owned by Paul Terrel, The Byte Shop specialized in computer supplies in the mid-70s. Terrel was a member of the Homebrew Computing Club, the same club as a young Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
In 1976, the Byte Shop became the first retail location for the Apple 1 computers after the duo had demonstrated the machine at a Homebrew meeting.
Terrel ordered 50 of them, at $500 a piece, with a purchase order totaling $25,000. It was an enormous order for for the fledgling company, and Steve and Woz put their friends and neighbors to work in Jobs' garage. Early "employees" were paid $1 a board.
The parts for the Apple cost $220, while the computer was sold to Terrel for $500, who would usually put them in wooden boxes.
view full location details...computer history museum
from steve jobs, personal computing posted in technology by prof_improbable
The Computer History Museum is the world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
The museum is currently featuring a Steve Jobs retrospective (as of January 2012) and has an original Apple 1 computer that was built in 1976.
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