Sterling service from Stirling engines
f there’s an underlying theme to this column, which may be doubted, then it’s the difference between the physical and the digital worlds. I can sum it up in an aphorism I’ve employed far too many times: “You can order a pizza online, but you can’t eat it online”. I’ve been living in this gap between worlds for 40 years now: my first toe in the digital water was via a Commodore PET in 1981 at the start
