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🌱 Patch AM: How Apple’s 50th birthday powered a booming vintage computer festival

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Good morning Cupertino! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Apple's 50th birthday powered a booming vintage computer festival

Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Day and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• As AI grips world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing (wtrf.com) — Cupertino readers might enjoy that Apple's 50th anniversary was a centerpiece of this year's Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, drawing over 3,500 visitors. Collectors showcased lovingly restored classics like the Xerox Alto, reflecting growing enthusiasm for preserving Silicon Valley's early hardware history even as AI dominates today's tech conversation.
   

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    Sunday September 13
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    Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
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    Friday August 21
  • Session 3 - last day to drop classes with a W
    Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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    Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
  • BCBR Cohort 17 | In-Session
    Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
    8:00 am
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    Santa Clara University Virtual over Zoom
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    Santa Clara University Learning Commons, Lab 206
    10:30 am
    • Wednesday August 26
  • 8/26 California Fish Grill / CHS Grad Night Fundraiser 11a-8pm code: fund2026 →
    1200 El Paseo de Saratoga, San Jose
    11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday August 20
  • BCBR Cohort 17 | In-Session
    Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
    8:00 am
  • Virtual Information Session: STEM MS Programs
    Santa Clara University Online
    8:30 am
  • Principal and Friends Coffee
    Los Altos High Mountain View, CA 94040
    8:30 am
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    Santa Clara University Online
    8:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Residents May no Longer Have to pay for City ADA Upgrades (svvoice.com)

Campbell

  • Cockroaches Force Closure Of Eataly Restaurant In NorCal: Inspection Report (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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