Continuing my series of Linux-on-Mac related posts: zzamboni.org/post/fixing-... #linux #elementaryos
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Continuing my series of Linux-on-Mac related posts: zzamboni.org/post/fixing-... #linux #elementaryos
Now a follow up to my previous post, about prettifying the OpenCore and elementary OS boot screens: zzamboni.org/post/revivin...
After a looong pause, I've posted a new blog post - it's about extending the life of my old Mac by installing Linux on it. Enjoy! zzamboni.org/post/revivin...
This whole thread is full of good recommendations!
This is Fudge. She may not be the sharpest pup in the world, but more importantly, she is not a quitter. 13/10
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
Features of Adulthood xkcd.com/3034
Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction
Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
A big collection of lego bricks with printed control panels, taken from many different sets.
😂 I love this.
“The UX of LEGO Interface Panels”, a look at the fictional interfaces printed on 2×2 sloped bricks.
interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Inte...
It works great - I have it installed/configured in my home network and in all my family's devices.
While researching this thread I discovered that NASA has loaded the contents of the Voyager Golden Record onto Soundcloud.
Hard not to get emotional, especially when hearing Hittite, which of course no longer exists as a spoken language.
Check out NASA's Soundcloud
soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/go...
My kids often use my iPhone to control Spotify on Alexa at home, so my top songs are a bit all over the place, but my top artists are mostly accurate (except for the last one), I often listen to soundtracks while working.
If a #Commodore128 and a NeXT had a baby, this would be it.
A photo of the old style Mac mini with its wide 5.25 inch floppy drive.
A photo of the new M4 Mac mini with its modern 3.5 inch floppy drive.
Mac Mini (5.25") vs Mac Mini 2024 (3.5")
I'm really proud to present my fully documented source code for #Elite on the #Commodore64.
This is the original 1985 source, recently released by Ian Bell, with every single line of code explained.
It’s a thing of beauty. Enjoy!
github.com/markmoxon/el...
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #c64
My husband #MarkMoxon has documented the source code for #Elite on the #Commodore64 Please like it and follow him. He’s spent weeks doing this while I’ve been sitting patiently here on the sofa. Thank god it’s done can I have my husband back now?
#geekwife
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #c64
Happy anniversary to #Karateka! 40 years ago this week, @jmechner.bsky.social brought nuanced animation, incredible music, and a strong narrative to computer gaming. Follow his journey with the interactive documentary The Making of Karateka: digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
youtu.be/IrS2pipZaH0
I spoke to Vanessa Thorpe at The Observer ( @theguardian.com ) about Louis XV's stuffed rhinoceros which is on display in all his chonky brilliance in 'Versailles: Science and Splendour' in the Science Museum @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social - opens Dec 12th:
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
I was originally going to call this post “What makes a programming language real?” because I saw some people picking a fight on the internet about this type of topic, yet again, and it got me thinking as to why we even broach the topic in the first place.
hazelweakly.me/blog/you-hav...
Everyone needs some good #physics tricks. This is one of my favorites. If you push straight down on someone's arm while balancing, they fall over. If you push towards the feet, they don't fall over. You have to try it. Here’s part 1
Audible app screenshot showing several finished John Scalzi audiobooks: The Last Emperox, The Consuming Fire, The Collapsing Empire, Constituent Service, Head On and Lock In.
I've been enjoying quite a @scalzi.com binge recently. Just finished the 3 interdependency books, highly recommended. Off-screen: Starter Villain, Redshirts, Agent to the Stars and Kaiju Preservation Society. Looking forward to more!
Nice tool to check what your website's URL previews will look like here: ilo.so/bluesky-link...
Full Open Graph docs: ogp.me
Happy to see @leanpub.bsky.social has been in BlueSky for months! They are very cool (they sell my books so I may be biased) 😀
Check out their author starter pack go.bsky.app/KS3Cyda
Surround yourself with capable humans who work hard to lift each other up.
Nice, thanks for the writeup! I also have a Hugo blog, might give it a try. I which sequence do you post things? I mean that you need the bsky post URL for the comments, but you need the blog post URL for the bsky post. Do you regenerate the blog post after posting it to bsky?
