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@hhackenbecker

Master tinkerer, retired. Loves: old Macs, cats, humour, SF&F, Star Trek Loathes: politics, sport, Facebook, Google, anything POSIX This might be he/it/oi-you.

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I think I'm going to be violently, copiously sick.

Finder Neo with Clarus on a leash?

10.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"The only limit is your imagination."

10.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fast and Reliable Video Game Collections | Myrient Experience an unmatched video game archive with fast downloads and no ads.

News just in: Myrient, the server with the largest collections of ROMS & old console titles on the web, is closing at the end of March. myrient.erista.me

03.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Could this be Apple's "Fiftieth Anniversary Macintosh"?
(Personally, I don't really care what the FAM ends up looking like but they'd better use the whole 'Macintosh' name.)

03.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PSA: New abbreviation to enter common usage: ai;dr

14.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry Mr. Beast, but your plan on influencing teens by buying the 'Step' banking app isn't going to work.
"Dad, he's the Elon Musk of Youtubers, I don't want anything to do with that."

12.02.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

QTP with a trio of awesomeness!

12.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Canard! Pato! Anka! Ow!

04.02.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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America, you're so screwed.

03.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pretty much.

31.01.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are yas gonna come quietly, or do I has ta rough yas up!

30.01.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Telstra warns older iPhones may be unable to connect to Triple Zero Customers are advised to delay software updates on affected devices and find alternative ways to communicate if needed.

Australians still sporting an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or iPhone X are advised *NOT* to update to iOS v16.7.13, released Tuesday by Apple.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

29.01.2026 05:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A chart from 2023 giving a breakdown of car colours by percentage in the USA.

A chart from 2023 giving a breakdown of car colours by percentage in the USA.

... then there's this. The Trout, as so named by @nanoraptor.danamania.com

... then there's this. The Trout, as so named by @nanoraptor.danamania.com

Over three quarters of all cars in America are either white, black, or one of fifty shades of grey in between.
Meanwhile in Australia ...

29.01.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

PS: Bonus points (and an extra mention in the official acknowledgements when the book comes out) if he can get the sound of an original 400k 'Hippo' drive and an 800k (DD) drive in action reading and ejecting a disk.

29.01.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
David Pogue Hi all... I need your nerdy help. At one point in "Apple: The First 50 Years," I've written about the "song" of the original Macintosh floppy driveβ€”the different notes made by the stepper motor as...

Calling all floppies, calling all floppies ... David Pogue needs some help. He wants to include an audio file of a Macintosh floppy drive in action, but so far hasn't been able to find anything on the web. Can anyone help? (FB shortlink: tinyurl.com/yevdashe )

29.01.2026 02:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
28.01.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 16544 πŸ” 6481 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 39
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Khaby Lame Sells Company In $975 Million Deal The equity-driven deal will see Lame becoming a controlling shareholder.

Why you should never EVER subscribe to media influencer channels on YT, TikTok or other services: They can collect AND SELL your personal data.
www.forbes.com/sites/martin...

29.01.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Native Instruments is in preliminary insolvency An administrator has been appointed for the brand behind the likes of Maschine, Traktor, Massive and Kontakt, according to reports

Scary news for electronic musicians as one of the best-known names in the business faces closure: www.musicradar.com/music-tech/n...

28.01.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when people started putting their iPhones up on FBM/eBay because they still had Fortnite running on them? Same thing's happening again but now they're advertising "Still runs iOS 18", according to a segment on NPR.
When mainstream media goes "iOS 26 sucks" it's really bad.

25.01.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The tough part about improvising a home cinema on the #ISS was finding a spot where everyone would be comfortable ... for varying degrees of comfortable.
"There's not much space out in space!"

23.01.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So you want to work in IT, do you?

21.01.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The built-in battery level display was always a much-appreciated feature, too.

20.01.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Y'know what I miss most on MacBooks?
Socketed RAM & storage?
No, 98% of laptops go to e-waste with the config they shipped with.
Glowing logo in the lid?
Close; it's not a Mac if the logo doesn't glow.
What I miss most is the sleep LED.

20.01.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I herb you people like puns.

17.01.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A metal sign that reads:
Did you know that
"Dammit I'm Mad"
spelled backwards is
"Dammit I'm Mad"

A metal sign that reads: Did you know that "Dammit I'm Mad" spelled backwards is "Dammit I'm Mad"

Now I do.

15.01.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest issue of PALEBOY - The Magazine of Dirty Archaeology - has just hit the rock-stands.

13.01.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It won't be long before they unveil Microsoft Copilot Copilot, a service to explain which Copilot-branded product is the one you're actually looking for.

09.01.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a military uniform is holding a clipboard and a light bulb . ALT: a man in a military uniform is holding a clipboard and a light bulb .
09.01.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The novelty of Seiko's first color TV wrist watch palled after learning it required surgical alteration of the wrist to accomodate the CRT."

09.01.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mac OS X Panther displayed on a Seiko LVD TV Watch ... except the OS X image has the tell-tale curvature and artifacting of a CRT.

Mac OS X Panther displayed on a Seiko LVD TV Watch ... except the OS X image has the tell-tale curvature and artifacting of a CRT.

If this isn't a @nanoraptor.danamania.com special, then it is definitely inspired by her work.

09.01.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0