SiliGone Valley

Episode Notes The place had a leaky roof, was a terrible place to keep artifacts, and more than once did I have to sleep there, but it was also a place of multi-sensory magic! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The Computer Museum History Center was the Silicon Valley spin-off of The Computer Museum in Boston. It was a magical, strange, wonderful place, that eventually became some other museum that is now dead to me. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes One of Douglas Adams' final appearances was at the Museum, featured him telling stories, and gifting a wonderful artifact of his career that you can still see on display at some museum. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The connection Steve Jobs had with Silicon Valley was deep and wide. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The Wooden seating area in the back was where it was at, but it was one of those places you'd go for a good cup Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A machine that was one of the fastest computers in the world, of an architecture that had never really been tried, named after a state that it never was used in, the Illiac-IV was one of the most interesting computers in the world, and now it's in some museum. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Mid-Century Modernism took a beating in the 2000s, and the loss of the Santa Clara library was one of the ones that hurt me the most. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Little Chef COunter was one of the inaugural stands at San Pedro Square Market. The Poutine really opened up my eyes! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes IN the 80s and 90s, Ruth Court was the place to go and see all the Christmas (and one set of Hanukah) lights in December! And I was there!!! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Yes, some of their lyrics are problematic these days, and honestly were then too, but Clubber Lang was an absolute force, one of the best Funk bands of the early 90s who had a rhythm section that was tighter than anything, and horns that blew away an audience! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes I will not wax quixotic on Sinister Sam, rather I shall let the lyrics of their magnum opus, Work stand for rthem - Work, it really sucks, I don't wanna go, but I've got to. I've got bills, that I've gotta pay, and I don't wanna go to work today. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Another Mid-Century Masterpiece that really deserves more love than it ever received. Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A legendary member of the early 90s Third Wave Ska scene, Los Gatos' own Skankin' Pickle was too many awsums! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Powered by SGI, a fun bit of entertainment! a RE-STORED EPISODE FROM 2018 Machine-generated show notes SiliGoneValley-MagicEdge Tue, 7/5 12:28PM • 15:31 SUMMARY KEYWORDS edge, magic, theming, entertainment, silicon valley, idea, important, onyx, technology, system, flight simulator, home, network, silicon graphics, gaming, game, simulation, squadron leader, shoreline, people     Come...

Episode Notes We're re-posting first series episodes before we start to record new episodes and interviews! This one, about the wonderful Family Arcade/Restaurant in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The Re-Boilding of SiliGone Valley starts here, with one of the few surviving episodes, this one on Weird Stuff, the wonderful tech re-seller in Sunnyvale that closed in 2018! Find out more at https://siligone-valley.pinecast.co