{"id":243,"date":"2016-04-11T06:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/?p=243"},"modified":"2016-04-11T06:02:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T20:02:44","slug":"10-april-2016-cambridge-foot-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worktime.dynalias.net\/index.php\/2016\/04\/11\/10-april-2016-cambridge-foot-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"10 April 2016; Cambridge – foot loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we visited the Cambridge Centre for Computing History and the Fitzwilliam Museum and finished with dinner at a local pub – The Carpenters Arms.<\/p>\n

The weather was clear and cold but with patches of sunshine which necessitated the use of sunglasses – having only been required a few times since our arrvial.<\/p>\n

The Centre for Computing History was variously a collection of electronic junk or a treasurehouse of antiques charting the development of computing since the 1940s. There was a definate intent for interactive use of the devices on display that were operational. Chris and I lost at Space Invaders, PacMan and numerous other games that invloved jumping, shooting, dodging and other motor skills that we’ve long since lost.<\/p>\n

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Computing History – Too many consoles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Computing
Computing History – Apple IIe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We moved onto the Fitzwilliam Museum and spent the afternoon strolling among art works spanning the last 800 years and a special exhibit of Egyptian antiquities.<\/p>\n

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Cambridge Cherry Blossoms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cambridge
Cambridge – Chris among the cherry blossoms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to those who have posted comments. It provides feedback and lets us know that we’re not broadcasting into a black hole. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We started planning tommorrow’s activities over our dinner at the pub but haven’t made any firm decisions about what to do as yet. That’s what’s good about holidays – you can elect to be free to decide what you’d like to do and when to do it. You’ll just have to be patient till tomorrow to see what we decided to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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