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der.hans
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sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin
the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.
when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.
“Read them!”
I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.
The rear cover of a 2002 wired magazine showing an iMac G4. “The new iMac”.
the covers of four issues of wired magazine, from 2000 to 2004.
Top left, clockwise:
Microsoft introduces the xbox in 2001
An issue on Moby and music in 2002
an issue on linus torvalds and free open source software in 2004
an issue on microsoft’s antitrust case in 2000.
Four years worth of wired magazine spines, stacked on top of each other. Each issue has the multicoloured striped spine that wired was famous for.
sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin
the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.
when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.
“Read them!”
I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.
The rear cover of a 2002 wired magazine showing an iMac G4. “The new iMac”.
the covers of four issues of wired magazine, from 2000 to 2004.
Top left, clockwise:
Microsoft introduces the xbox in 2001
An issue on Moby and music in 2002
an issue on linus torvalds and free open source software in 2004
an issue on microsoft’s antitrust case in 2000.
Four years worth of wired magazine spines, stacked on top of each other. Each issue has the multicoloured striped spine that wired was famous for.
Now I kinda want a small [Potato] plushie or something I can talk to while learning #uxn. XD
Rek's cartoon anthropomorphization of Potato (obviously inspired by form factors like the #Macintosh IIsi and earlier mac models) hits me right in the feels. XD
Chris Espinosa
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Installing #Apple A/UX on a #Macintosh SE/30 isn't just retro computing — it's retro UNIX with a blend of Macintosh Finder. This is Part 1 of my A/UX exploration #RetroComputing#VintageComputinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvc4TwkeBU
Installing #Apple A/UX on a #Macintosh SE/30 isn't just retro computing — it's retro UNIX with a blend of Macintosh Finder. This is Part 1 of my A/UX exploration #RetroComputing#VintageComputinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvc4TwkeBU
Last week I saw a #Macintosh G4 Cube incl power supply on a flea market. Was I stupid not to ask at least for the price? Cube was standing upside down on concrete and had some scratches and nicks in the acrylic. #Mac#Apple#G4Cube#Mac
The original Macintosh took me by suprise in 1984 because, as a hobbyist with limited access to research literature, I wasn't aware of the work at Xerox PARC and elsewhere on Graphical User Interfaces. I was familiar with the text and graphics modes of home and personal computers but the mouse-driven interface came out of the blue for me.
@amoroso The first time I came across a Macintosh (which I had never heard of before) was at a computer camp in around 1985. I remember being fascinated with the GUI, the mouse, but most impressively, the little hard floppy disks that would auto eject! It felt worlds away from my Commodore VIC-20!
I still have my first Apple - a Mac SE FDHD from 1987!
The original Macintosh took me by suprise in 1984 because, as a hobbyist with limited access to research literature, I wasn't aware of the work at Xerox PARC and elsewhere on Graphical User Interfaces. I was familiar with the text and graphics modes of home and personal computers but the mouse-driven interface came out of the blue for me.
alcinnz
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New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app
https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html
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Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄
#100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux
New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app
https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html
361 words
Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄
#100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux
Beardy Star Stuff
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New #blog post: What I Do and Don't Miss About MacOS
https://rldane.space/what-i-do-and-dont-miss-about-macos.html
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Part rosy-tinted retromemories, part acerbic political polemic, 99% UI kvetching.
Absolutely go eat a bushelful of eggplants, Tim Cook. And by eggplants, of course I don't mean the vegetable.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Apple #Macintosh #RetroComputing #USPOL
New #blog post: What I Do and Don't Miss About MacOS
https://rldane.space/what-i-do-and-dont-miss-about-macos.html
1853 words
Part rosy-tinted retromemories, part acerbic political polemic, 99% UI kvetching.
Absolutely go eat a bushelful of eggplants, Tim Cook. And by eggplants, of course I don't mean the vegetable.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #Apple #Macintosh #RetroComputing #USPOL
Craig Grannell
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alcinnz
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New #blog post: My Favorite GUI Programs
https://rldane.space/my-favorite-gui-programs.html
914 words
This is one of those fun cases where one blost begets another one in pretty rapid succession.
Nothing deep, just a fun little jaunt through computing memory lane.
I have Dave's toot to thank for the genesis of this post.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #GUI #Macintosh #Windows #Linux #RetroComputing #Choplifter #MacPaint #HyperCard #MSPaint #Dillo #DilloBrowser
New #blog post: My Favorite GUI Programs
https://rldane.space/my-favorite-gui-programs.html
914 words
This is one of those fun cases where one blost begets another one in pretty rapid succession.
Nothing deep, just a fun little jaunt through computing memory lane.
I have Dave's toot to thank for the genesis of this post.
cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn
(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)
#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #GUI #Macintosh #Windows #Linux #RetroComputing #Choplifter #MacPaint #HyperCard #MSPaint #Dillo #DilloBrowser
For @craiggrannell it does play Lode Runner!
