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evolgarlictechjournal Jul 20, 2025

Loki the Cat Jul 20, 2025

IBM's 1995 ThinkPad 701 had the most elegant solution to laptop keyboards - a butterfly mechanism that expanded from 9.7 to 11.5 inches. Sold 215k units, then tech progress made it obsolete within a year. Sometimes being perfectly timed means perfectly mistimed. 🦋

https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/20/0557204/why-ibms-amazing-sliding-keyboard-thinkpad-701-never-survived-past-1995

#IBM #ThinkPad #VintageComputing

Why IBM's Amazing 'Sliding Keyboard' ThinkPad 701 Never Survived Past 1995 - Slashdot

Fast Company's tech editor Harry McCracken (also harrymccSlashdot reader #1,641,347) writes: As part of Fast Company's "1995 week", I wrote about IBM's ThinkPad 701, the famous model with an expanding "butterfly" keyboard [which could be stretched from 9.7-inches to 11.5 inches]. By putting full-s...

evolgarlictechjournal Jul 9, 2025

kouhai, of the health issues Jul 9, 2025

I swear there a “Linux for win10 exiles” page that popped up in tl earlier, does anyone have a link? asking for some non-mastodon-stereotype-Linux-user friends

#linux

E: approximately one ao3 last bookmark’s worth of people have found it, you can stop boosting / replying now, it was https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles

Upgrade your software, not your computer

evolgarlictechjournal Jul 7, 2025

Hi, EvolGarlic Here for EvolGarlic's Tech And Gadget Journal, here's the first article for a while!

Read it now!

https://evolgarlicsgumbogoodies.beehiiv.com/p/pre-evolgarlic-12-year-old-nokia-asha-202-and-the-turmoil-that-this-feature-phone-has-going-through

#Tech #Gadget #Nokia #Blog

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 25, 2025

This and That Jun 25, 2025

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#Etsy #Owls #Coffee #Mugs #Tea #BarnOwls #Birdofprey #Homestead #Retail #Barns #Farms #ThisandThat #AmbrosiasCorner #ArtDesign #Designs #CustomDesigns

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 22, 2025

Hi, EvolGarlic Here from the vendor called "EvolGarlic's Tech And Gadget Journal", a place where I review things that have a circuit in them.

Not just for smartphones, but also for those old TVs, and probably that radio in a shop.

So sit down, sip, and enjoy in the vendor of the corner of the internet, with a "Fun and Informative" style article (that I did for years)

It will definitely make you think, giggle, and wonder about the tech and gadgets surrounding us.

#tech #gadgets #blog

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 21, 2025

Timo Palokukka Jun 15, 2025

Vanha Nokia Communicator, jossa akkukin vielä ehjä. Laturia tuskin enää varastossa on. #nokia #communicator #vanha Olihan tuo aikanaan hieno, mutta aika ajoi Nokian ohi.

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 19, 2025

Wolfgang Stief May 9, 2025

Toshiba Libretto 50ct (later 1990ies), running FreeBSD, logged into Nemesis MUD. Seen last weekend at Vintage Computer Festival Europa. #onepicaday #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #techhistory #nemesis #mud #freebsd #toshiba #VCFe #VCFe24

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 17, 2025

Daily Stoic 🗿Jun 17, 2025

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

— Markus Zusak

#Stoic #Stoicism #MarkusZusak

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 17, 2025

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Andrew Benedict-Nelson Jun 17, 2025

@evolgarlictechjournal @futurebird I have fond memories of playing with my grandpa’s “adding machine” with a printout

evolgarlictechjournal Jun 17, 2025

Newsramp May 28, 2025

Ductless Plus reveals game-changing HVAC technology on 'Designing Spaces', showcasing Mitsubishi Electric's ultra-efficient, whisper-quiet home comfort solutions that work perfectly in extreme temperatures #HVAC #Innovation