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Happy Birthday Apple (had to do it...)

It's only Friday afternoon where I am at the moment (London), but between opening my editor and committing the previous blog entry, Sydney time clicked over to midnight, making it April 1.

I thus feel duty bound to congratulate Steve, Woz, Mike and Ron on the company that I am most happy to have been associated with for such large portion of my life (albeit in different ways). May there be at least 30 more.

01:24 AM, 01 Apr 2006 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (0)

How Australia got to get a bite of Apple [smh.com.au]

I remember Computerland very well, but I never knew anything about it's history. Luckily for me, even Australia's traditionally anti-Apple press is getting into the fun of Apple's 30th anniversary.

How Rudie brought Apple to Australia [smh.com.au].

Computerland founder Rudie Hoess was importing programmable calculators into Australia until he fell in love with the Apple ][ and started importing them in 1977 only one year after it started shipping. That's quicker than Australia has received plenty of more modern devices!

And how about those sideburns - the 70s were a very good era for facial hair :)

My how times have changed. The Sydney Morning Herald is even running:

As much as everyone knows how much I love Apple, I just can't wait for all this madness to stop!

01:16 AM, 01 Apr 2006 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Comments (0)

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