Michael Hannen

Can Meshtastic Radios Revive the Charm of Old School Bullletin Board Systems? In the '80s and '90s, BBSs were tiny dial-up digital oases for exchanging messages, playing games, and sharing files. Today, there's a resurgence of interest in BBSs, and here's how you can build one ...

In the '80s and '90s, BBSs were tiny dial-up digital oases for exchanging messages, playing games, and sharing files. Today, there's a resurgence of interest in BBSs, and here's how you can build one of your own using modern Meshtastic radios and a Raspberry Pi. spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshta...

Anyone need a beta of Netscape 6? Runs on Windows 2000

I don't want anything to autoplay ever anywhere.

Genius!

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Thrift shop find of the week - $1.99. It's the original 1961 pressing in mono, beautiful record in amazing condition. Thank you to whoever bought this and took such great care of it for the last 60+ years. 🎵 #vinyl

Hey @whitewaterlawyer.bsky.social if you haven't listened to any of the @latenightlinux.bsky.social podcasts, I highly recommend. Lots of great stuff about the daily joys/friction of running #linux #opensource. @felimwhiteley.bsky.social is your source for going all the way down the rabbit hole. 😀

RealPlayer circa 1997

American teens are flocking to a new video app

Guys, yesterday, I needed a cord I’ve been holding onto for 10 years.

IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.

$4.99 Goodwill - still sealed in its shrink wrap.

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Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub Alan uses vhs to make beautiful terminal recordings, Mark builds a presentation in MarkDown, and Martin uses pueue to manage all his mainframe jobs.

Episode 43 of Linux Matters: Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub 🐧️🎙️

Alan uses vhs to make beautiful terminal recordings, Mark builds a presentation in MarkDown, and Martin uses pueue to manage all his mainframe jobs.

@grogmeister.bsky.social here's one of mine-

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@trojanfan1969.bsky.social that was about to be my answer. I'll go with my second choice.

For those going home to visit family this weekend:

• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is. -- Richard Guindon

I made it very far into my career without understanding the difference between JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and CROSS JOIN.

I am in the dark no longer, for better or worse. 😂

How NAT traversal works In this post, we’ll talk about how to establish a peer-to-peer connection between two machines, in spite of all the obstacles in the way.

From the Tailscale archives: "How NAT traversal works," a deep dive into some networking fundamentals that remains one of our most highly read posts

I recently updated my article listing the best Obsidian plugins out there.

Whether you're using it for personal development, content creation, venting, or organizing your work, there's something for you in there.

Don't add needless complexity to your system, but consider exploring some of those ⬇️

Atom Heart Mother

The human BIOS.

My new current favourite laptop sticker. Grabbed from the Bar Camp London sticker table. #bclxiii

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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

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Now you can’t skip the ad, you have to watch it all.
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Now the ads appear in the middle too.
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Now sometimes it’s two ads. But you can skip one.
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Now you have to watch both ads.
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