Achtung-tied. @theonion.com

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

I wanted to understand the first AI boom a little better, so I looked at how the #c64 was put to work in the #ai mines. Japan's Fifth Generation Computing, Campbell's Soup, Sputnik, the movie PI, and a Connection Machine all make appearances. Enjoy! #stonetools #retrocomputing #computerhistory

🪨 XPER on the Commodore 64🛠️ We draft a #c64 into the #ai wars. This "expert system" software promised it could predict weather, so I took it at its word. Was it more accurate than a coin flip? Also: Fifth Generation Computers and the first guy to concede his job to AI stonetools.ghost.io/xper-c64

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

I had to write about Cheifet. christopherdrum.github.io/posts/2026/0...

Sad to hear that #stewartcheifet, host of #computerchronicles and #netcafe, has passed Tiny influences on a pivot point can exert large effects on the trajectory of a projectile, or a life. Stewart was one such influence on the trajectory of my own life. obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention could see that was happening.

CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded the transcript and read the transcript verbatim. Here it is. Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRf...

How many lives and careers were influenced by #HyperCard? @cyan.com started life with the HC stack, The Manhole @worrydream.com built "HyperCard in the World" @wikipedia.org came out of experiments in it For my latest post, I get to know HC better and consider English as a development language.

Trying stuff out in Deluxe Poly. Vector/frame animation is gonna be so good :D

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Sneering douchebag: "You're gonna be famous on the internet!" The Internet:

🪨 Bank Street Writer on the Apple 2 🛠️ The "Oregon Trail" of word processors. Ostensibly built for children, it also hooked adults, including at least one lawyer who refused to give it up. I find out why! stonetools.ghost.io/bankstreetwriter-apple2 #RetroComputing #apple2 #wordprocessing #bankstreet

Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids

Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was *actually* built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people. Support my advocacy: www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

My childhood computing path never crossed with Bank Street Writer, though I've met many over the years who hold very fond memories of it. It wasn't just popular with kids, adults loved it too. I spent some time getting to know it, and explored the whole "classroom of tomorrow" a bit as well.

Happy Amazing News Day opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...

I already have it shared everywhere and commented on Mastofon. But again, what a great article ! Thanks for the kind update about pydpainter, it means a lot to the dev team.

I've never gotten into "outliners" and other, similar "knowledge management" software. More to the point, I've never *allowed* myself to get into them, for reasons I cannot articulate. For Stone Tools, I spent a couple of weeks getting to know ThinkTank, the first outliner, to see what it can do.

Repost with an iconic fictional band.

This article from the excellent Stone Tools blog illustrates something that I think is really missing in modern tech life. The author calls it "friction," which I think is a great descriptor. Friction isn't bad in and of itself. We need friction to make fire, for example.

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

Back in my magazine publishing days I used Infini-D on the Mac to illustrate articles. I can't say I was good, but it was fun and helped me meet the tight budget of our struggling company. Recently I explored an early #3D modeler and mused on the value of friction when making art. #retrocomputing

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him.

Shohei Ohtani propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages. n.pr/43hFotw

Thank you for this wonderful software archeology. The history of "productivity" (whatever that means exactly) software is really not well explored. I'm hoping for a Lotus Agenda article (or PIM in general) in the future! :D

New post just went live. I examine the first #spreadsheet, #VisiCalc, and learn a lesson about the benefits of mundanity in software. Guest appearance by your favorite grain: sorghum! #retrocomputing

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

I’m enjoying reading @christopherdrum.bsky.social deep dive into vintage productivity software at stonetools.ghost.io

I spent some time getting to know Superbase on the C64. While using it, I was revisited by a ghost from the past who tried to make trouble for me. When all hope was lost, with the power of BASIC, I overcame my enemy. Intrigued to know more? Read on! #retrocomputing #stonetools #superbase #c64

There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41. Here’s the President of the United States of America.

Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move. 1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year. Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

A new article is up! How can PepsiCo, Mork & Mindy, a jewelry company, and a beach bum come together in a review of a #wordprocessor on the #trs80? You'll just have to read and find out! #retrocomputing stonetools.ghost.io/electricpenc...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

"Quasar" for(float i,z,d,s;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(z,4,1,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;s=length(a=mix(dot(a+=.57,p)*a,p,cos(s-=t))-sin(s)*cross(a,p)); for(d=1.;d++<9.;a+=sin(a*d-t).yzx/d); z+=d=length(sin(a-t)+.7)*length(p.xy-p.z)/4e1;} o=tanh(o/2e4);

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

What a delightful surprise. My new blog, @stonetoolsblog.bsky.social, seems to mark a tipping point, earning a lengthy discussion of my full body of retro-related works in the latest @thisweekinretro.bsky.social I am, apparently, "Someone you should know"🙇 #retrocomputing. youtu.be/UHYscl1Ayqg?...

KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag. KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense. KOKO: jealousy professor

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

It has been suggested to me that these sound like band names.

The first, full retrsospective is now posted on Stone Tools. I spent some time recently rekindling an old flame: Deluxe Paint on the Amiga. #retrocomputing #amiga

RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

This is pretty cool. The source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 (Apple II, Commodore PET, etc) from 1978, released under the MIT license. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

I've been working diligently on a #retrocomputing project which soft-launched today. You may shake your head, "Not another retro blog!" but I promise, this one's a little different; in-depth, hands-on examinations of the productivity software of the 8/16-bit era. It's called "Stone Tools"

behold the "HTML bomb" It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...