6K views · Jan 30, 2010 · 9:27 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2020
A short romantic comedy by Ted Nelson about the 'microcircuitry of love', with Doug Engelbart as his father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO.
Why Hacker News points people here: Mentioned in Nelson and Engelbart threads as a curiosity with amusing cameos by computing pioneers.
“they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson”HN comment, 2020
“they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson”
Amusing cameos by Brand and Engelbart in a Nelson short film
On the topic of videos involving Brand and Engelbart, they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson, which I recently stumbled upon. "Silicon Valley Story -- A Very Short Comedy" this video [note: brief NSFW moment from 2:10 to 2:25]
“A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius”
Short romantic comedy featuring Engelbart and Brand
""" "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. """ this video
Ted Nelson: Computer Lib / Dream Machines (1975) [pdf] (worrydream.com) link link For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: link This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. link Ted versus The Media Lab [video] (youtube.com) link link Interview with Ted Nelson (notion.so) link link Ted Nelson on What Modern Programmers Can Learn from the Past [video] (ieee.org) link link Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer (1979) [audio] (youtube.com) link link Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977 (archive.org) link link Ask HN: What is the best resource for understanding Ted Nelson's ZigZag? link link link Alan Kay's tribute to Ted Nelson at "Intertwingled" Fest (how the script of Tron was the first movie script to ever be edited by a word processing program, on the Alto computer) link "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. With Timothy Leary as the Good Venture Capitalist! this video Ted Nelson's Channel link
