Colin's things that might be useful or interesting

https://pointinthecloud.com/

- 8th December When computers needed buildings - 28th November The secret names within Bob the dishwasher - 24th November Replacing a 48 year old Commodore PET with a Raspberry Pi

Software disenchantment @ tonsky.me

https://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/

“why should we worry, computers are fast enough”: @tveastman : I have a Python program I run every day, it takes 1.5 seconds. I spent six hours re-writing it in rust, now it takes
Everything is going to hell and nobody seems to care

Stuff Michael Meeks is doing

https://apple-tree.life/~michael/blog/2007/

disconnected from computers: so, surprised when I said I worked on OpenOffice to a room full of people to fund that 4 out of 6 had it installed, and were using it - and one of the

Browse Tag Tree - Macrochan

http://macrochan.org/tagTree.php

Serious Cat Sharkcat In computers Pondering cat Cat jumpkicking dog Monorail Cat Bikecat Skeptical Cat Limecat Sheepcat Cat wearing goggles Snowball cat Anti-Gravity Cat Leaning s

My Toaster Doesn't Need Bluetooth | Cornbread Journals

https://cornbreadjournals.com/analog/

by thousands of computers with proprietary code. The lack of a spaghetti-string wiring diagram for a toaster. A pair of original Doc Martens leather boots that have lasted 20 year
There is something sublime about low tech gadgets. An analog camera, a magnetic compass, a record player, a number 2 pencil, a swiss army knife, a skateboard. Tactile controls are

PhD Thesis: Cascading Style Sheets

https://wiumlie.no/2006/phd/

of personal computers for use in the preparation of manuscripts. Electronic publishing offered tools to ease all stages of publishing from authoring, through editing, to printing.

Frink

http://frinklang.org/

that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them." Features For tho
A practical calculating tool, unit conversion utility, and programming language designed to make physical calculations simple. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilogr

HONEY AND HEMLOCK

http://feeds.feedburner.com/honeyandhemlock/qPml

of television, cinema, computers, tablets, smartphones, and so on. Screens have deeply penetrated our lives and our society. This too is a product of electrical energy and modern

LegacyAI - ChatGPT for vintage 68k, PowerPC, and Intel Macs | Manticore Software

http://manticore.nz/legacyai

allows older Apple computers to interact with AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT. LegacyAI works across 15 different Mac systems, from System 7 to 10.11 (El Capitan). LegacyAI has

List of DIY IC Tester Projects - CNK

http://www.ombertech.com/cnk/ictesters/

design for S-100 computers, but adaptable to other 8bit and 16bit computers (an old 32bit PC with ISA card sockets might manage it as well) Software not provided, instructions pro

Rudy Rucker, "Notes For THE BIG AHA"

https://www.rudyrucker.com/thebigaha/notesforthebigaha/Text/notesforthebigaha.xhtml

for the backstory. Chip computers are long gone, and biotech devices have been the rule. But now the popularity of biotech devices is dying out as well. My character evolves into

Audie L. Murphy Memorial Website

https://audiemurphy.com/

Sadly, the age of computers may have accelerated the decline in interest for Audie Murphy. Reliable newspapers and other news sources have rapidly failed at an alarming rate. Tele
Official website and an educational resource on Audie L. Murphy, most decorated American veteran of World War II.

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