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Category: Lazy Reading

Posted on 2023/02/23
I love this

A clock that isn’t wrong, just lying.

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Posted on 2023/02/23
I agree

STOP DOING THREADS.  Don’t repeat a quirk from a previous social network.

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Posted on 2023/02/22
Net slang

Keith Lynch’s timeline of net related terms and concepts.  (via)

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Posted on 2023/02/17
Haiku again

Interesting to see Haiku package management, but also to spy a summary of the drama around the major changes.  (via)

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Posted on 2023/02/14
Bendix Bendix

Neat name, neat mechanical computer.

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Posted on 2023/02/12
Zork zork

A treasury of Zork maps.

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Posted on 2023/02/03
Back and forth

A link here spawned a TUHS post which led to interesting notes on Wumpus and Moonlander, setuid exists because of mastermind, very early multiplayer games, and how Plan 9’s 9P is everywhere.

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Posted on 2023/02/032023/02/03
A video

DONKS. (via)

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Posted on 2023/02/03
E-Ink monitors

Monochrome terminal setup for an E-ink monitor.  I love this idea.  (via)

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Posted on 2023/01/312023/01/29
Adventure again

Adventure(6) the original and Colossal Cave the remake 50 years later.

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Posted on 2023/01/29
Parallel port explainer

I never knew until now why a Centronics port was a Centronics port.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
Magtape issues

Magnetic tape, always the victim.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
Finally a good AI use

breakdancing medieval marginalia.  There’s more.

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Posted on 2023/01/282023/01/27
MuffinTerm

MuffinTerm, a terminal application specifically for BBS use.

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Posted on 2023/01/282023/01/27
Vintage

The Vintage Technology Digital Archive.  barebones but contains gems.(via)

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Posted on 2023/01/272023/01/27
50 years of space

You too can play Space Travel, from 1969, created as part of inventing UNIX.

Related: there’s a bunch of space games available.

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Posted on 2023/01/26
UNIX style

If you want to produce papers that look like classic UNIX troff-produced papers, here’s how.

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Posted on 2023/01/252023/01/26
XScreenSaver everywhere

XScreenSaver in the wild.

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Posted on 2023/01/252023/01/23
Surely you played this

Sequels in Strategy Gaming, Part 1: Civilization II.

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Posted on 2023/01/242023/01/21
fd2 origin

Why standard error exists.  Nobody uses it correctly, though.

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