not sure how well known this already was, but i just stumbled upon an archive of super high-res 35mm photos of Newton and NeXT photos from the 90s, by photographer doug menuez. the vast majority are candid b+w snapshots of the newton and next teams as they grind through workdays and product launches

https://ftp.buriedbits.org/#/General_Scrapes/Apple/Apple%20and%20NeXT%20Photos%20-%20Photographer%20Menuez%2C%20Doug/

thank you to buriedbits for the archival heavy lifting. the originals are from stanford's doug menuez archive, which has more here:
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/menuez

#vintageApple #next #newton

Rotation periods & speeds of the planets

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/hd0azf/the_relative_sidereal_rotation_periods_of_planets/

I’m working on the macOS 26 update for NetNewsWire, and I wondered how difficult it would be to get rid of all the menu item icons.

Turns out to be quite easy! Just a few lines of code and they’re all gone.

https://gist.github.com/brentsimmons/8dbe00e8acbeede26baaaebd06a867fc

Time to introduce my last new project for this year:

«Zeroform» ... is a tool for generating minimalistic, self-hostable forms, with a twist: It can generate both static (html/css/js) and/or dynamic (php augmented) online forms.

My main motivation for zeroform is to create tooling that helps me gather more precise feedback while designing and developing (especially) #faircamp and #hyper8, and to do this in a way that reflects the values of those projects: Independence, simplicity, minimalism, freedom from maintenance, absence of tracking, etc.

Basically you start with a thought, put it down as a plaintext blueprint of the form/questionnaire/doodle/survey you have in mind, zeroform turns it into finished code and design, you can upload it, use it as long as its useful/needed, and then you can just delete it.

Think of it as your own google forms, without bigtech, without dependence on any infrastructure besides the cheapest of hosting plans, commissioned and decommisioned in a mere minute.

I'm now one week into the project, since today I'm developing in the open at https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/zeroform, and I will put it to use in the next days already! I have roughly one more week reserved until the end of the year for making this usable for the general public - I'll announce when it's ready. ʕ◜0ᴥ0ʔ

10 months. 342 commits. Dearest people of the Fediverse, may I present:

Hyper 8 Video System _ 1.0 _ – A static site generator for video publishing
https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/

For screenshots, videos and written notes on everything that happened in these last releases, check out the rich release pages for 1.0 (https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/1.0.0/) and its equally feature-packed predecessors at https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/

These major developments in 2025 were made possible through a project grant from https://netidee.at, an open source funding programme by the austrian https://www.internetstiftung.at/ – thank you so much for supporting this work and enabling tools that benefit independent artists, communities and organisations worldwide!

I would also like to say a huge thank you to all of you out there already running your own Hyper 8 sites, testing, reporting, contributing, donating, giving feedback and being just all-out positive and supportive on this journey, it really means a lot to me and makes a big difference!

For this latest release, special shout-out to @branpos, @arnauld, @evilpeacock, @lminiero & @jpburstrom for helping out on these last meters!

1.0 is now out for all platforms and is accompanied by a new, video-augmented tutorial, completely overhauled documentation and more available packages than ever – Enjoy!

#hyper8