This is going to be hard to hear, but:

Bryan Adams released "Summer of '69" in 1985. A similar nostalgia-based song released now would be harkening back to the distant and bygone year of 2010.

software is a mirror that reflects the times and the environment it was created in.

this is why much software created in the 1970s counterculture was joyful and humanistic, and why much software created in the 2020s capitalistic hellscape is soul-crushing malware (adware, spyware).

#retrocomputing can mean celebrating hardware limitations and creative coding, but it can also mean celebrating personal computing - computers that are tools for liberation - bicycles for the mind, not cattle trains to the slop farm.

Tasmania, where the real news happens 😃

#Tasmania #lutruwita #animals

https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/real-possum-found-among-plush-toys-in-hobart-airport-gift-shop/

if anyone would like some #Marchintosh stickers, donate a few bucks to the Australian Computer Museum Society and upload the receipt to my website :)

https://stickers.decryption.net.au/

Edit: I believe I have someone interested in the SPARCstation now, but feel free to register an interest if you like, I'll try to keep track. It makes me happy that there's so much interest in this nice old machine :)

Original post below:

Would you, or anyone you know, be interested in a free SPARCstation 20 and be able to collect it from the South of Scotland in early April? Some more details here: https://mackenga.ro/blog/2026/free-sparcstation-and-more/index.html

Boosts appreciated if you think someone downstream of you might want it.

#sparc #retrocomputing

Es ist schon so weit … 😳 #dieKaenguruRebellion

https://marcuwekling.reimkultur-shop.de/products/die-kaenguru-rebellion

@kalleboo has done it again with a wonderful new app for #marchintosh: an interactive click-and-paint canvas.

It's only been up for 24 hours, and already lots of people have made their mark.

Who knows how much fun you can have with pixel painting on a vintage Mac after you've had a few pints of Guinness today? Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀 🍻

To play with the MARCHintosh Canvas, get yourself onto #GlobalTalk, connect to the BaroNet zone, go to the "landisk" share, and look for it in the #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk folder.