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Magnetic tape with WordPerfect 4.2 for UNIX Systems - 1988

All technology has an expiry date

13. September 202118. January 2022 No Comments

You are probably reading this article on a smartphone, without thinking about it, as all other technology has an expiry date, where it no longer can be used. Even though the hardware might still work, one day it will fall silent. The first step will be when the operating system no longer will be supported […]

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Route 66

5. August 202115. June 2022 1 Comment

Route 66 is one of the most popular road trip destinations in the world, with thousands of people travelling from Chicago to LA every year, on everything from bicycles to RV campers. Route-66 is also called “The Mother road”, and was the first interstate road in America that was covered with asphalt from end to […]

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EPA’s and A-Tractors, the (slow) Swedish hotrods!

11. June 202124. September 2021 No Comments

In Sweden, it’s legal to drive a tractor at a younger age, than you are allowed to drive a car. At the same time you are allowed to modify a car, and register it as a tractor.This has turned into a tradition with a cult following, of building the so called EPA’s and A-Tractors. EPA […]

Opel with front and side mounted Øveraasen snowploughs - 1926

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Snow removal in the 1920’s

31. July 202024. September 2021 1 Comment

This Opel is one of the first snowploughs, from “Øveraasen”, a company that still exists today, creating huge snow removal systems for use on highways, railroads and in airports. The company was started by two brothers, Hans and Even Øveraasen, in 1923. From early on, the company produced snowploughs for almost any kind of transport. […]

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All technology has an expiry date

Route 66

EPA’s and A-Tractors, the (slow) Swedish hotrods!

Snow removal in the 1920’s