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FrogFind's "Catch of the Day": Greetings from an alternate timeline (BeOS & NetPositive!) 🚀💾
Hey Retro Fans!

Buckle up, because today we are taking a trip into an alternate computing timeline. Today’s Catch of the Day comes from an operating system that was miles ahead of its time in the late 90s and enjoys absolute cult status today.

This afternoon at 5:08 PM, this legendary entry appeared in our server logs:

🏆 NetPositive 2.2.1 on BeOS

Why this is so special:
BeOS was an incredible multimedia operating system. It was so advanced that in 1996, Apple was on the verge of buying the company (Be Inc.) to use it as the foundation for Mac OS X. At the very last second, Apple chose NeXT instead – and the rest is history.

Someone out there booted up a BeOS machine today and fired up its native, built-in browser called NetPositive (affectionately known by fans as Net+). This browser hails from an era where CSS and JavaScript were still in their absolute infancy. The fact that NetPositive can send a flawless search query to FrogFind today, almost 30 years later, and flawlessly render our text-based HTML results is exactly why we run this project!

Cheers to the BeOS community for keeping this piece of tech history alive! 🐝💻

Your FrogFind Team 🐸

IBM Web Explorer et NetPositive, deux navigateurs internet oubliés.

https://peertube.pcservice46.fr/w/qH4Bc99jh3NuufdFXi8dqq

Today, after about 3.5 years, we crossed the 50 MWh of lifetime electricity generation, saving about 77,000 lbs of CO2, the equivalent of planting about 585 trees! We've generated electricity in excess of what we use = net positive! Instead of paying our electric utility, they've paid us!

#Solar #SolarEnergy #PV #Energy #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #Conservation #NetPositive #NetZero #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Tucson #Arizona #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Electricity

Happy 3rd birthday to our solar panels being turned on! Ironically we had a 4.5-hr grid power outage yesterday due to a monsoon storm here in Tucson AZ; thanks to our solar panels + backup battery we had enough of our own power to last 14+ hours: enough to take us into this a.m. when our solar panels would generate more power.

#Tucson #environment #ClimateChange #climate #conservation #Solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #energy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #NetPositive #NetZero #Sustainable

Today marks 3 yrs since our 7.11 kW solar panels were turned on! We've generated about 44 MWh of electricity, saving about 68,000 lbs of CO2, the equivalent of planting about 515 trees! We've generated electricity in excess of what we use = net positive! Instead of paying our electric utility, they've paid us!

#Solar #SolarEnergy #PV #Energy #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #Conservation #NetPositive #NetZero #Sustainability #Sustainable #ClimateChange #Tucson #Arizona #Rainbow

Here in Tucson, AZ, USA, today's partial eclipse negatively impacted the solar electricity production from our rooftop solar panels! Here's proof! 🌞😎🌚

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #Energy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #PV #Photovoltaic #SolarEdge #Eclipse #Eclipse2024 #EnergyEfficient #Tucson #Conservation #SonoranDesert #Desert #NetPositive #NetZero #SolarPanels #Inverter #Tucson

My latest article: "Why COP28 Doesn't Matter."
Yes, I actually said that.

#Cop28 #ClimateCrisis #PredatoryDelay #NetPositive

Happy #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 & #SolarSunday !

Here's my photo: Solar panels on our rooftop with rainbow, Tucson, Arizona, USA ©Carl R. Englander

Since our solar panels were turned on, we've generated about 36 MWh of electricity, saving over 55000 lbs of CO2, or planting 415 trees!

#GoSolar #Solar #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #SolarPanel #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyEfficient #EnergyEfficiency #Conservation #NetPositive #NetZero #Battery #Sustainable #ClimateChange #Tucson #Rainbow