Morgan Aldridge

@morgant
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Design, development, discourse. He/him.

Here to learn and share what I've learned, but -- knowing me -- probably man(1)-splaining. Please tell me when that's the case.

Our apologies, there were HTTPS errors for quite a while there due to an expired certificate. This has now been resolved.

While the https:// support is new, we will always keep the non-secure http://www.unna.org/ URLs for direct access from Newtons and retro hardware. It's always a good backup in case of HTTPS issues too.

United Network of Newton Archives

_Finally_ upgraded my 12.9in #Apple #iPadPro (4th gen) to #iPadOS 26.x a couple days ago.

Glad I waited! I'm not seeing any of the major UI bugs reported in the early days, at least in the apps I use. I am using #WindowedApps and the #MenuBar implementaton is _very_ odd, but it's better than not having it (for me.) I do like the pointer being arrow-shaped, since I mostly use the trackpad and/or controller these days.

I certainly suggest Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass = Tinted.

Something very #SesameStreet meets #AppleCommercial, but still 100% #SpikeJonze about this:

https://youtu.be/6NVAzWEgTXo

It's really lovely. Just the kind of thing I feel like I needed right now.

#On #ShapeOfDreams #Zendaya #ShortFilm

On | Shape of Dreams, starring Zendaya. Written and directed by Spike Jonze.

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This is a good initial response to my new video where I show "FireJam", my new C application that makes old compact macs a synth, including its in-house Sound Driver and also external MIDI hooks, both IN and OUT.

Keep the suggestions for improvements coming, I got..... (1/2)
https://youtu.be/gliJVwzRifA

Built a Program That Turns a Classic Mac Into a Live MIDI Synth (It Actually Works!)

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An interesting article¹ by Spencer Mortensen on obfuscating email addresses on web-pages, detailing how well each technique has worked.

While all the more advanced techniques had much higher blocking-success, I dislike how they rely on CSS or JavaScript which breaks in most of the simple text-mode browsers. For inline-text email addresses, the comment method

me@examp<!-- comment -->le.com

seemed to hit the sweet-spot of working in all browsers, yet effectively eliminating 98% of spamming attempts.

However, that doesn't appear to work in a mailto: link,

<a href="me@examp<!-- comment -->le.com">Contact me</a>

so it might make more sense to use the Entities method in that case:

<a href="mailto:&#109;&#101;&#64;&#101;&#120;&#97;&#109;&#112;&#108;&#101;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;">Contact me</a>


¹ https://spencermortensen.com/articles/email-obfuscation/

Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026?

[NTLK] Newton leather holster (April Fool's joke)

You and the wait and the music.

[Shot on iPhone 5]

Apparently, I don't post much here on Mastodon when my mental health is poor.
TIL that cats like watching Bluey  #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #PookieAndWessie

Visited @likesoldmacs today and got a chance to see his vast collection of retro Apple tech. Also the first time I've seen #Globaltalk up close.

I wouldn't be surprised if people are still using these machines—and even developing for them—fifty years from now. Maybe even further into the future than that.

#globaltalk #notesart #mastoart #art #illustration #fediart