First Part is Here: Dual Scoot Boogie Part One With Linux Mint selected as the distro, now came the interesting part – the logistics of getting it done. The first and most obvious thing was that I needed to upgrade my C: drive, which was a 500GB M.2 SSD installed on my motherboard. This PC … Read More
When Microsoft first announced their upcoming Recall feature, I was like yeah, nah. My immediate gut reaction was that this was a security nightmare, and it didn’t help that it came wrapped with the AI nonsense that shareholders are pushing to get greater returns from a moribund industry. Microsoft quickly paused the rollout to make … Read More
The Internet Archive is hosting recently discovered episodes from a mid-’80s California computer show that were transferred from reel-to-reel tape. While full of time-capsule descriptions of 1980s technology news, the most exciting aspect of the show has been the variety and uniqueness of the interviews. The list of people that the show interviewed is a … Read More
A directory of BBS’s accessible via Telnet, Modem, or Software
It’s unfortunate, and I loved the Pi, but this is how enshittification begins. Time to start looking for alternatives, as they will no longer be incentivized to focus on users, but rather shareholder value techcrunch.com/2024/06/11/r… [image or embed] — Pauliegon (@paulie.cool) Jun 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM