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  • 🔗 Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024)

    You should be using an RSS reader: The one thing you can choose to do that will make your internet life better and make the internet better for everyone else, too.

    Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.

    This day in history: 2004, 2009
    I’ve gotten out of the habit of using my RSS reader because Feedly would unauth itself every so often. Maybe I should lean back in again.
  • 🔗 I Miss BSD/Linux

    I miss BSD/Linux. Or was that GNU/Unix, I’m not sure? Silly jokes to get a statistical minority reading this on the edge of their seat aside, I do miss it. It’s still out there, but no longer in here, so what happened? In 2007, work happened, permanently
    It’s me. I miss using Gnome and Linux and all of that, but … *sigh*
  • 🔗 I traded in my MacBook and now I’m a desktop convert

    But once the puzzle of ports and peripherals was mostly sorted out, I appreciated how intentional desktop life is. Laptops are great, but their portability made it hard for me to separate work from home.
    I have separate laptops for work and home that solve most of this. But having a dedicated place to do personal computing that isn't my home office is appealing. It's mostly the dining table or the sofa these days.
  • 🔗 Triumph of the Nerds: Part 1: Impressing Their Friends

    A new VHS transfer from original NOS tapes. Hosted by Robert X. Cringely. All rights reserved by PBS Broadcasting and Channel 4.
    A good overview of the rise of personal computing. Mostly things I've soaked in thus far, but I did see (for the first time) actual usage for an Altair.
  • 🔗 Love Notes to Newton

    Love Notes to Newton is a film about what a beloved (but short-lived) pen-based Personal Digital Assistant created by Apple Computer has meant for the people...
    I find myself really wanting to buy a newton on eBay now. The black and white screen. No internet. :chef-kiss:

    I think the thing Apple got right the first time around was data centricity instead of app centricity.
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