I read this post about the desktop computing metaphor and when I read the description of an itemized operating system my experience with the NewtonOS immediately came to mind. What I remember is that everything in NewtonOS was an object and data was separate from objects so that you didn't need duplicate data. I am probably not doing the topic justice, but I do believe NewtonOS was the only "object oriented" operating system that I have ever personally used. Regardless, I really would like what is being described in the post because I agree that the desktop and window metaphor is no longer the best way for us to do personal computing.#

Today Dave Farquhar wrote about the first computer I personally ever owned, the Timex Sinclair 1000. Dave includes a link to this post written by a guy who is reviving and upgrading a TS 1000. For a glimpse of what it was like to use this computer, look at the second to last picture on this page that shows the display of a game called Dungeon Crawling. One of the"official" games that one could buy was Frogger, which my buddy Ray renamed Wood Tick once he saw how huge the flattened frog became when "hit' by an object. This post triggered the selection of my Crucial Track for today.#