I’ve mentioned it before, but custom live images are possible. Related: mkisofs(8) is no longer needed to build.
Some deeper reads.
- (mac)OStalgia. Mac OS 9 versions of software; accurate to the end. (via)
- The Mythology Index. (via)
- DIA Tools. (via)
- A Tiny Computer With A 3D Printed QWERTY Keyboard.
- PDP-11 computer system UNIX System file system.
- The History of S.u.S.E. Something I knew of but did not know.
- New Rust, Old Drama. Open source burnout is not new.
- This Week in Self-Hosted, via the previous link. A curated, updated list of self-hosted apps? This makes me happy.
- “ALGNOSTIC”, “MAILIVORE”.
- UNIX Magic poster annotations. (via)
- How to add a directory to your PATH. Not as straightforward as assumed.
- I never got the memo on “copyover servers”.
I almost maintain a theme all the way today.
- The origin and unexpected evolution of the word “mainframe”. 2 words.
- I Don’t Have Spotify. (via)
- Electromechanical computer from 1948 and hydromechanical computer, videos. (via)
- My stupid noise journey. I have done similar.
- Ambient computer research. (via)
- Stealth Macintosh Portable Case Mod. (via)
- Found at previous link: Macintosh Plus Exploded View shirt.
- The Internet Can’t Discover.
- Comics That Resemble The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Album Cover. Swipes swipes swipes.
- A Closer Look at the Tanmatsu. My recurring fantasy of doing everything at a terminal somehow.
- Sorta related: Some Terminal Frustrations.
Your unrelated violent claymation fantasy movie link of the week: The Dead Need No Chairs.
I have some interesting art projects to point at, here.
- Programming Quotes. (via)
- The CRPG Renaissance, Part 1: Fallout. I didn’t know about the GURPS link.
- The first perfect computer. (via)
- Recommended File Formats for Digital Preservation. (via)
- My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it.
- Also “I tried to adjust the time on my alarm clock. I failed.“
- Insert “I will pay extra to NOT have a computer in my fridge” meme here.
- The glory of the A4 paper size. Sorry about the link location though. (via)
- Hyper-Kinetic. “I have a pen plotter robot called Stephen”. (also via)
- Data Viz Project. (via)
- Amiga Hardcore. (also via)
- Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of their pransings. Online reviews are a marketing tool, not a quality reference.
- Solid State Watch. Art project, but also definitely waterproof.
Got all the types this week.
- Semi Social / Streaming hardware test session for NYCBUG, this Wednesday.
- 2025 IGF nominees, quick takes.
- Five Centuries of Board Games.
- Plan 9 inspired programs. (via)
- The Monospace Web. Looks nice. (via)
- ELIZA followup. Hopefully you get the joke.
- Dragonsweeper. (via)
- The PC is Dead: It’s Time to Make Computing Personal Again.
- Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy.
- The truth about proprietary protocols.
- Which leads me to Pixelfed and Loops.
- Or, y’know, Tumblr.
- FACT 2025, which has a great speaker lineup. (via)
- The expanded Raiding the 20th Century turns twenty. “all copyright-infringement”.
- Narcissystem.
- Beginning Framework.
- Up Rye Zine.