Apple HQ and Vintage Arcade Games - The Mothership Manifesto

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• Very sad news, Jim Williams of LTC analog fame has suddenly passed away
• The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition is the Duke Nukem Forever of the electronics industry.
• Jeff reminisces about his old Commodore Amiga and mentions the Amiga on an FPGA, and Dave talks about Jamma consoles.
• Agilent impress with their response to the U1272A Multimeter problem.
• Malcolm Faed took Dave for a ride in the Mitsubishi iMiEV Electric car.
• Jeff revealed he went for a spin in the new Nissan LEAF a few weeks back.
• Talk about the excellent documentary Who Killed The Electric Car?
• Apple are planing a new 12,000 employee "Mothership" Headquarters on the old HP Building campus.
• Steve Jobs lobbyed for it personally at a Cupertino Council Meeting:
• Dave hates the "virtual event" promotion UBM Electronics and EEtimes are doing for The Woz's ESC Fireside chat (link not added out of protest)
• Dave mentioned the 20-30% first year salary fee Headhunters get for new hires. How much do they charge in your country?
• Are 8bit Micro's dead? Why not use a 32bit ARM chip instead?
• Jeff has been playing with the Papilio FPGA Board and the XprotoLab