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I was going through a box of stuff from one of my late friends, and I found photocopies of my hand drawn schematics for a bit-slice computer design I worked on from 1978 to 1984. I only made one abortive effort to wire-wrap part of it around 1981, but I never got that working due to not having […]

One of the hardest things about being an immigrant is I don’t know what to do wirh ‘rugged individualism’. I am considered one of the most ‘westernized’ and ‘independent’ people in the society I come from (people think it’s too much.. moving to a whole other country? Too independent) but Even […]

One of my ongoing #retrocomputing projects is maintaining a vintage #retroweb / #GopherProtocol server based on OpenBSD 3.0. Web (clear): http://geryon.n8fq.org Web (modern SSL): https://geryon.n8fq.org Web (vintage SSL): https://geryon.n8fq.org:30443 Gopher: gopher://geryon.n8fq.org

Molly is my wife's #cat. She's technically my cat too, and we like each other just fine, but there's no doubt in my mind that if you were to ask her whose cat she is, she would instantly identify my wife. They dote on each other. A couple of years back, Molly […] [Original post on sfba.social]

According to my Commodore, it is 2026! Hope you have a great new year!!

#picathecat has the vibes of a Roman high official who has been posted to some far northern backwater in England, surrounded by "uncultured" people. (us) who can't even run her palatial manner properly or deliver meals on time. She is suffering so much poor creature. That is how she is looking […]

Worth your time. Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench - The Atlantic #politics https://archive.ph/IBHwX

they get surprised all the worker ants are female but they aren't called 'uncles' are they??

Elise Trouw is one of my absolute favorite artists, in her words: "All You Need Is Lust" - from The Diary of Elon Lust, a concept album based on things men have said to me. Or to my friends. Or to you. If you're wondering who Elon Lust is, you probably already know him. If not, allow me to […]

Oh, yeah, I only play Factorio when I'm depressed. Makes me feel like I can actually accomplish something, y'know? That my problems are solvable... What do you mean "how many hours in it?"

Tule fog in the San Joaquin valley today

Got to see and touch my first snow of the season ❄️ while hiking at laghi di fusine in Italy today ☺️ #hiking #nature #italy

I discovered something pretty exciting today: a lot of the exhibits from the Living Computer Museum in Seattle were acquired and transferred to a new museum called the Interim Computer Museum which is an actual thing you can visit! I immediately became a member because these kinds of […]

I grew up with Kepler’s. It’s been in multiple locations over the decades (all within a few blocks), and it almost went under thanks to Amazon, but it remains a great local bookstore with incredible guests. Case in point: https://w3c.social/@timbl/115345706880517151

Audacity is finally doing a UX overhaul 🥰. And from what I see in the video, they fixed all the issues I have when working with it. Cannot wait until it is released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYM3TWf_G38

“Why do you need a 1TB iPhone?”

Pic from today's game. Even the sky wasn't into it. #baseball

Go fly a kite, they said. Sounds like a good idea, I retorted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/04/energy/kite-wind-clean-energy-ireland/ #WindEnergy #cleanenergy

Scenes from the #baseball game yesterday. #photography

🌧️🌧️ #rain #weather #gif

In 1989 we participated in a "copy party" in Eskilstuna Sweden and our demo group Horizon won the demo competition. Triad came on second place. This photo contains members of Horizon and Triad present at that party. I'm the guy in middle of the lowest row […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Lovely (if rocky!) walk up Bishop Peak in SLO this morning. #MountainMonday #sanluisobispo

yet another sunrise run before the fog got sucked inland this morning. #sanfrancisco

Such great camera work and editing on this tour of VCF East. #retrocomputing #vcfeast2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTxddKZbhA

I noticed the retro Mac community was working on #globaltalk and although I'm not working on anything, I thought I'd contribute this suggestion: If you're using AppleShare on Mac OS 7.6 or later, you might want to use the AppleShare client extension that shipped with Mac OS 9.2.2. That's […]

Tonight's distract-myself-by-going-down-wikipedia-rabbit-holes led to what has to be one of the funniest wikipedia lists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_fuck

Shameless plug for my amazing nephew Eric. He is the proprietor of Geology Records, a Wisconsin label that releases one or two cassettes a year in small runs of 50 to 100 tapes. As Eric says, music is a “healing force”. Interview on Bandcamp […]

AI/automation busy on Mastodon today: 1) One of my posts got 4 boosts within seconds of posting, which appear to be from automated accounts monitoring certain tags. 2) A reply to my post with a link to a “counter” argument sensationalized news article seems to be from an account with no other […]

Great conversation about the current state of privacy in our world. Meredith gives some great examples about why we should care about privacy. #privacy #signal #ai #sxsw https://www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP-JOg?si=uJN3cOkPrUpORmzR

In a 2-week period, #Kagi's Orion browser went from "Linux support planned at some point" to "development has started with a March 2026 projected launch." https://kagi.com/changelog#6479

There are still a lot of details to work out, but one of the things @pilky entrusted to me is Coppice, his hypertext mind-mapping app, with the intention of releasing the source code (AppKit & Swift). Coppice was in the middle of a major refactor, so […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

If you have been using Skype to do group calls/video with family/friends and are looking for a replacement now that Skype is being shut down; May I recommend @signalapp #skype #signal

Before I was fired tonight, I was in charge of information security for VA.gov, which has millions of users per month and stores and processes huge amounts of veterans' personal information. I've been told by people I've worked with that I'm the best at what I do of anyone they've ever worked […]

Working on a pair of #compost crocks (among other things) to hopefully be fired by the end of the month. We’ve outgrown our old one so one of these will be the replacement. They each hold somewhere around a gallon/4L. The double handles make them easy to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Take a journey into electronic music, artistic workmanship, and cinematography, with Eirik Brandal’s newest sound and light sculpture. This video is so soothing and a great escape if you need one. #electronicmusic #electronics #art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EilxWjAW6wk

@Catlynn - your #hummingbird photos reminded me how long I spent trying to get a good video from my old apartment. I think I did pretty well!

(mac)OStalgia by Michael Feeney. A delightful dive into classic macOS 9, with reimagined versions of modern day applications, showing how they might look and feel if they met the expectations and interface conventions from back then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DwJNQMBCOk Background on […]

Such beautiful sound. All soft waves and darkish deepness under sparkles of color and electric life. #music #electronicmusic https://youtu.be/ya6gEeW49mQ?si=KORBv9--D6ZIi4uM

Thanks to regenerative braking, Caltrain's fuel bill post-electrification is projected to be less than their last year of Diesel trains, despite running even more trains at higher speeds […]

Yesterday I discovered that the sunrise reflects on a door in the house. Behold. Sunrise on a door.