Tag: milwaukee

  • A trip to the Retrolab

    Earlier this week, the Journal Sentinel reported a story about UWM’s Retrolab, a computer museum maintained by history of computing professor Thomas Haigh. I had some retro hardware and software to donate, so we decided to stop by and check the place out. László wore his suit coat, of course. The lab has many working…

  • Milwaukee by boat

    Milwaukee by boat

    Milwaukee is one of the many beautiful cities along North America’s freshwater coast. But despite the relatively narrow passages compared with, say, an ocean, the Great Lakes can be dangerous and unpredictable to navigate, and commercial passenger vessels are rare and increasingly cost prohibitive where they do exist. As a result, we’ve rarely entered the…