In a sense, this guy's work enabled everything we do here. Without him, the world of computing would look very different:
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder behind ‘Moore’s Law,’ dies at 94
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In a sense, this guy's work enabled everything we do here. Without him, the world of computing would look very different:
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder behind ‘Moore’s Law,’ dies at 94
One of the last of Mad's iconic artists has Folded It In:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/al...02/ar-AA19H1CD
On deck: Tupperware.
An actual exchange of messages at work yesterday, regarding Tupperware:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
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Originally Posted by I am old
Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna, 89, complications from hip surgery:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65328507
2019 Royal Variety show.
I admit I had no clue it was a code word for selling sex toys. But I can see why, Especially in more conservative burbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Back to food storage though, I can see why they are falling as there is just so much competition now and as someone with lots of retail experience I can say lots will buy that Gladware stuff and just wash it out and reuse. No where near as durable as the old tupperware but it gets the job done. Along with brands like Rubbermade and such selling similar stuff.
Harry Belafonte, 96, congestive heart failure:
https://dlisted.com/2023/04/25/the-l...as-died-at-96/
Jerry Springer, 79.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65415348
I am a big fan, and really liked a lot of his songs, but this is still my very favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI
Damn. He was JUST TOURING. Like, less than a month ago he decided to postpone some upcoming tour dates because he wasn't feeling quite up to it.
I think my favorite of his is Sundown. It's the first piece of his I heard where I stopped and went "Whoa, who is this? This is great!"
Vida Blue, American League MVP, Cy Young winner, 73:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/07/sport...spt/index.html
Not a celeb, but I bet most of you are familiar with his work: Russ Nicholson, artist. He was the artist that gave AD&D's Fiend Folio the distinctive look that it had:
Google image search to show some of his pieces from Fiend Folio.
His work does look a bit more sophisticated than the earliest AD&D crowd of illustrators. Although I'll always have a soft spot for Erol Otus, just because he had a cool name and an art style that was very distinctive (maybe too distinctive for some -- his stuff was something of an acquired taste, I think).Quote:
Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
Give Erol Otus props for one thing: his art tended to avoid the "chain mail bikini" look. When everybody else was doing things that looked like Tarl Cabot book covers, his women tended to only be showing legs.
A pioneering figure in American culture:
https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/s...ses-away-at-79
‘Superstar’ brought the bodybuilding look to pro wrestling, paving the way for Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura and every other muscle beach performer who came after. (The cynical view would be that he was the one who introduced steroids to pro wrestling, but even that would count as revolutionizing the industry, though whether for good or ill is a separate question). And he was, I think, one of the first to build promos around a memorable, repeated catch phrase, something that also became a staple of the business.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se31HGKbHJY
He was the template for the superstars of the late 70s and 80s - every one took from him whether they realized it or not. RIP to the Man with the power, The Man with the power, too sweet to be sour.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Football legend Jim Brown.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...s/70237329007/
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