Long before the internet, a different breed of tech enthusiast was busy exploring the phone network. These “phone phreaks” were the original hackers, and one of their most legendary feats was using a simple 2600Hz tone to gain control of phone lines in the US.

https://mastodon.social/@kmcd (Kevin McDonald) built the “Phone Phreak Emulator.” It’s a simple web app that listens to your whistle and tells you how close you get to that magic frequency.

Source: https://phreak.kmcd.dev/

#Analog #2600

This is a continuation from yesterdays post, where I cleaned out some of my dormant Mastodon followers.

Today, I removed 12 dormant (since at least 2024) accounts on Mastodon which I previously followed.

Stepping into 2026, it's not a bad idea to clean-up your profile. You too can too, just follow this guide: Preferences > Follows and Followers > Then sort by "Last Active"

Stepping into 2026, I just cleaned out some of my Mastodon "Followers", most of which were not active since (at least) 2023.

Out 37 dormant (and removed) Mastodon followers from my profile, 10 of those had new instances - which I requested to follow - if I wasn't already.

So, as we step into 2026, you too can clean out your profile, just follow this guide:

Preferences > Follows and Followers > Then sort by "Last Active"

Cleaning up people who I'm "Following" however, that's tomorrows task.

Happy New Years!

Hopefully yours is more low key than Alex Murphy from RoboCop.

#Movies #Film #Cinema #Robocop #PaulVerhoeven #PeterWeller #RonnyCox #Squibs #HUD #NYE #HappyNewYear

As the holidays are right around the corner, I'll be posting my wishlist of items that caught my eye yet again this year.

The Automatic Cassette by TACS is a retro-styled automatic watch inspired by cassette players. Nostalgic elements like cassette-style dial, playback icons, volume-style crown, and tape-deck textures bring back the analog era.

Source: https://tacs-image.com/product/ac/?attribute_color=Chrome+-A

#Wishlist #CassetteFuturism #Analog #TACS #Watch @watches