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Interface considerations. Gadget accumulation. Typography. Maintainer of the Newton FAQ, Newton Glossary, and @newtontalk mailing list. Tootcasting live from […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@splorp on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Oh. My. Gawd. https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/114037908567309766

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, #bikestodon … anyone out there have recommendations for an indoor roller trainer? I ride a vintage Cannondale mountain bike outfitted with fairly unknobby tires. Looking for something that will help me keep moving until the weather warms up.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I've managed to write a script that crashes #HyperCard #VintageApple #RetroComputing

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Beelzehubbahubba.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

“The problem is always people. Always. We are good at a lot of things, but somehow also bad at everything.” https://mstdn.ca/@poploser/114032580008084410

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Announcing the February release of the Newton Glossary! This edition contains over 1,670 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and other bits of trivia related to the #AppleNewton. https://newtonglossary.com Another 17 new terms have been added this month! Check out the latest […]

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

@cory Your site seems to be auto-burping a lot of nonsensical links tonight.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Attn: @scottboms https://post.lurk.org/@loriemerson/114000022104168018

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That time I was “quoted” by @Moltz on Crazy Apple Rumors. https://crazyapplerumors.com/2006/03/29/newton-2100-and-emate-300-declared-obsolete/

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is what we should be striving for. https://writing.exchange/@SergKoren/113998530648264945

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone else getting a kinky handcuff vibe from this? https://mastodon.social/@verge/113998589694295546

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Fuck this shit. https://mastodon.social/@verge/113986560093825645

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

It’s Saturday night, so that means it’s a perfect time to announce an update to the #AppleNewton FAQ. https://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2025-February/002825.html

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Likewise. Typos make me squirrelly. https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb/113970415645304275

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Old gold: June 01, 2017 — Pinboard Acquires Delicious “You won't be able to save new bookmarks after June 15, but everything else will continue to work, or break in familiar ways.” https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious/

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Now playing. https://youtu.be/nC2pgcagyRk?si=ryL4ylIQMAmGIqpa

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O SCANada is an app by Cathy Checora @[email protected] that helps consumers identify and buy Canadian products. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/o-scanada/id6741120187

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As of 6 February, there are only 15 years of timestamps left in HFS+ files. @splorp

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Well, would you look at that … the “GitHub Copilot” settings page finally has a button to control the visibility of those features. I could not switch that button to “Disabled” fast enough.

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More of this, please. https://mastodon.social/@rands/113958847461747047

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

This just in …

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Aw shit. I found more old hard drives…

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Paging @obsoletemediauk https://mastodon.social/@256/113901341624201579

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Paging @mwichary … https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rxfz3hrx3feqrk5g6cuukfsj/post/3lgl44ipink2r

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Announcing the January release of the Newton Glossary! This edition contains over 1,655 terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and other bits of trivia related to the #AppleNewton. https://newtonglossary.com Another 49 new terms have been added this month! Check out the latest […]

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

“I’m not interested in telling you how to live your life. You wanna keep scrolling Twitter, dunking on halfwits and sharing every thought rattling around in your head, fill your boots. But I’m (finally) out.” https://mstdn.ca/@poploser/113884131395953346

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

This week, a handful of lightly used gadgets were added to my technology mound … a Kindle Fire (the first Kindle device I have ever set my hands on, in fact), a decent looking 14" HP laptop (less than five years old running some recent version of Windows), and an Asus Chromebook. And yes, I […]

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Tailgate Toolkit sounds like a routine colonoscopy run through the marketing department. https://mastodon.social/@livewirecalgary/113874313751964609

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Corn snow or graupel?

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

@19cWT Hi David! Fancy meeting you here. My typography-specific account is @typostrophe just for reference.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Douchebagginess² https://mastodon.social/@verge/113868904890051221

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Wrapping up another significant update to the #AppleNewton Glossary site this week. I’m right chuffed about it, as some might say.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

@kocienda Just curious … is there any reason why your creativeselection.io website doesn’t support https?

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