Showing posts with label images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label images. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Remember When We Thought Computers Were Used to Educate People?

From the bowels of a box of stuff:

The disks were gone but the box graphics sure are pretty.

Endorsed by Alex Trebek!

Increase your SAT scores by 200 points!


Success Pack!


Step by Step. So many CDs.


A curriculum that covers third grade through college.


Knowing big words makes you rich!


Testimonials. (Which makes me wonder if anyone who actually used this program are actually reading this; if so, how was it?)


It even comes with its own diplomas!


Get a load of those system requirements. Note how much more memory the Mac version requires and the long list of add-ons required for the PC version. But also notice how much more powerful a modern smartphone is than a PC or Mac of that era.



Saturday, July 26, 2008

Eye Candy From Space!

NASA has put up a gorgeous interactive image gallery that allows you to zoom in on extremely high quality pictures of the universe. Incredibly cool:



Did I mention that it also has videos?