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Apple Systems Engineer by Day, Retro Enthusiast by Night. He/Him/His. CIS but committed to alleviating the struggles of my LGBTQIA+ friends. Extra class amateur radio operator.

And yes, of course, #NeoFinder 9.2 for #macOS will now be able to detect a disk as an SSD when you catalog it.

NeoFinder uses the same code that Apple uses in its "Disk Utility.app" to find out if a device is actually really an SSD.

https://www.neofinder.de/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=752#p752

#DigitalAssetManager #Photography #VideoTools #PhotoLibrary #AudioProducer #MusicStudio #BookLibrary #PhotographyWorkflow #PhotoSoftware #IndieDev #DiskLibrary #PostProduction #Archives

@nyquildotorg @ClarusPlusPlus I watched the extended cut on blu ray a few years back with my daughter (maybe 9 at the time?) and uhhhhhh the firehouse realtor scene had some different words whoooops 😅
Stephen Colbert is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie. “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past is set 14 years after the passing of Frodo. Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure…” https://deadline.com/2026/03/stephen-colbert-lord-of-the-rings-1236764923/
Stephen Colbert Set To Write Next ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Movie After ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Based On “Fog On The Barrow-Downs” Chapter

'Late Show' host has a gig after leaving the CBS latenight show: He's adapting the next 'Lord of the Rings' movie.

Deadline

Keeping money from going to the Harry Potter franchise isn’t just a symbolic gesture. It’s about preventing real harm to real people.

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

J.K. Rowling uses personal wealth to fund anti-trans org

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

Advocate.com

so I got laid off again, for stupid AI-pilled reasons.

Anybody need a writer or editor with:
- 8+ years of technical writer/content strategist experience, mostly in software
- One published short fiction anthology (as editor)
- A master's degree in sociolinguistics
- A knack for learning new content management systems
- A love of working with invested SMEs
- A basic understanding of web dev
- Strong boundaries
- An aversion to generative AI?

Prioritizing remote work in Canada.
#GetFediHired

In an alternate universe somewhere, nobody has heard of “webcomics.” Instead, there are thousands of “telecomics.”

In 1992, Don Lokke Jr. coined the term “telecomics” to describe his new digital comic strips, drawn primarily in the ANSI art format and distributed online through BBSes.

This is the final in-depth profile in my "ANSI art and webcomics" series!

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/

#webcomics #comics #retrocomputing #bbs #ansiart #textmode #longreads #history #computerhistory

This Apple User Group video that @RonsCompVids posted to YouTube yesterday contains some vintage footage of the Apple Internet Router in use #GlobalTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=4399&v=GiphSU7ITR8&feature=youtu.be
VHS - Apple User Group Connection - July 1991 #MARCHintosh

YouTube

Who else remembers when transparency used to convey meaning?

(Taken from page 205 of the 2001 Apple HIG.)