The First “Computer Bug” Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1947. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: “First actual case of bug being found”. They put out the word that they had “debugged” the machine, thus introducing the term “debugging a computer program”. (via Wikipedia) This is so cool.

The First “Computer Bug”

Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1947. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: “First actual case of bug being found”. They put out the word that they had “debugged” the machine, thus introducing the term “debugging a computer program”. (via Wikipedia)

This is so cool.

ronisolomondds: Rochester Transit Corporation bus and trolley passes, 1937 to 1951. These are really neat. I used to take the RTS when I lived in the Wedge and it was raining too hard for me to ride my bike downtown to work.

ronisolomondds:

Rochester Transit Corporation bus and trolley passes, 1937 to 1951.

These are really neat. I used to take the RTS when I lived in the Wedge and it was raining too hard for me to ride my bike downtown to work.

SOPA Strike

Want to join the protest against the internet censorship bills, SOPA and PIPA, tomorrow? Checkout http://www.sopastrike.com/ for a quick script you can easily put in your tumblr theme that will “black out” your tumblr for the day.

wnycradiolab:

Know what these are?  Go ahead, guess.

Give up? They’re topographical maps of the moon, created in a collaboration between NASA and the US Geological Survey.  I can’t get over how crazy beautiful they are.  There are more here, super hi-res.

(via io9, thanks to Olga Abramson for the tip)