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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry, is a 2005 non-fiction book by John Markoff.The book details the history of the personal computer, closely tying the ideologies of the collaboration-driven, World War II-era defense research community to the embryonic cooperatives and psychedelics use of the American counterculture of the 1960s.
The Dormouse appeared in Sunsoft's 2006 mobile game Alice's Warped Wonderland (歪みの国のアリス, Yugami no kuni no Arisu, Alice in Distortion World). While prone to falling asleep, Dormouse tries to be helpful to Ariko (the game's "Alice") and treats her gently. In one of the bad endings, Dormouse is killed by a twisted Cheshire Cat. [4 ...
1967 trade ad for the single "White Rabbit" is one of Grace Slick's earliest songs, written from December 1965 to January 1966. [12] It uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll — 1865's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass — such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid.
Steve Jobs was an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s who, along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, founded Apple Computer.Before and after his death in 2011, Jobs was known as a counter-culture figure within the computer industry, and as a perfectionist who could be demanding of his colleagues and employees—sometimes to the point of cruelty.
A rare hazel dormouse has been found in Pembrokeshire. The discovery of the mammal in the national park has given conservationists new hope for its recovery there. The tiny rodent, known for its ...
Although the Mouse does not appear in the 1951 Disney film, part of his personality has been integrated to the Dormouse. The character makes an appearance in the 1985 made-for-TV adaptation of Alice in Wonderland and is portrayed by Sherman Hemsley. In this incarnation the Mouse sings "I Hate Dogs and Cats" before joining in the Caucus-race ...
The endangered mammals were reintroduced to woodland in Lancashire in the latest annual release.
Tiny rare dormice underwent a health check as the ZSL London Zoo prepares to release them into the wild in an effort to reintroduce the species once common across England and Wales. Each British ...