Month: November 2024

I might have cleared my open computer-related tabs for once!

• The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832.  Open access book; order a physical copy if you enjoy it.  (via)
• A Brief History of Cyrix.
• Totalisator, mechanical racetrack/betting computers I had never heard of.  (video, via)
• A Craving for Calculation.   Linked for the of-a-time feel of the pictures.
• Infinite Mac: Macintosh Garden Library.  (via)
• tvcon, a Knight TV emulator.  Try ‘tvcon -2BCS  -c000002 bitzone.sdf.org‘.  (from a nonpublic list)
• The Internet Gopher from Minnesota.
• Spell checking in Vim.
• Self-hosted web browser bookmarks syncing.
• Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text, 1953–2023.
• Grim Fandango.

This is a settle-in-and-read list.

• eink.cam.  (via)
• Keyboard size guide.  I never knew the names.  (via)
• Why Don’t We Read Like We Used To?  Linked for noting how people read only headlines.  Like for this very Digest.
• Current challenges in free software and open source development.  Slides here.  Thanks Paul for sending.
• TI-99/4A Star Trek Theme Song.  From the recent Chicago TI-99/4A
  User Group‘s Annual Chicago TI International World Faire.  Also thanks to Paul.
• SourceType Index.  So many tiny rabbit holes to go down; this will eat some time to read.  (via)
• Via the previous link, UN-11, a Selectric-style font that dare I say I like more than Helvetica?
• Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone.  (via)
• Colophon.  He’s been blogging longer than I have.
• The Beyond and Leviathan, coming very soon.  Two excellent authors.