Mastodawn

and finally, the machine reshelled and running like a champ.

i know absolutely nothing about sewing machines or sewing, but it brings my heart great joy to see anything mechanical brought back to working condition.

in three weeks (after xmas) it will begin its second life as my wife's primary sewing machine. she is a talented seamstress and makes her own clothes by reclaiming trashed fabric/clothing.

#repair #permaculture #sewing #sewingmachines

pitz ☕Nov 12

Ian Scott Nov 12

So cool to see #PicoIDE already being written about on blogs I'm a big fan of. I'm working as hard as possible to get it officially launched ASAP!
Adafruit: https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/11/picoide-turns-a-raspberry-pi-rp2350-into-a-hard-drive-and-cd-emulator/
Hackster: https://www.hackster.io/news/ian-scott-s-picoide-turns-a-raspberry-pi-rp2350-into-a-feature-packed-hard-drive-and-cd-emulator-c1ae0fb6c53e
RetroRGB: https://www.retrorgb.com/picoide-an-ode-and-hardisk-emulator-for-retro-pcs.html

pitz ☕Aug 13

Miles Goodhew Aug 12

LOL, Those "Fried chicken leg" and "crumbed prawn" pillows are so yesteryear! The latest trends out of Shenzhen are these "bulging lithium ion battery" pillows.

pitz ☕Apr 30

Trying out an OPENSTEP native installation on an i386 platform, I'm reminded that the EIDE drivers in the 4.2 beta diskette (EIDE driver v4.03) have better compatibility with the built-in IDE controllers on many motherboards. If you get IDE-related kernel panics during installation, try using the EIDE drivers from the 4.2 beta drivers disk instead of that from the standard drivers disk.

#openstep #nextstep #i386

pitz ☕Apr 1

I had been pondering the past few weeks of what other apps made use of AppleTalk.

Yesterday, as I was testing something unrelated in my local setup, I remembered that Apple's own remote control software runs over AppleTalk. I've used it years ago, and am now wondering if it would work in the scale of GlobalTalk.

It's called Network Assistant. The version I have installed is v3.5. The target computer needs at least System 7.1, and the admin computer needs System 7.6.1.

#globaltalk #appletalk

pitz ☕Apr 1

Can anyone confirm or refute that we can have guest networks connecting to #globaltalk ? That's where you don't need to publish your AIR IP address and not worry about setting up port-forwarding and such.

I've torn down my AIR setup, but I could have sworn that a few months ago when my ISP assigned me a new IP address, I was still able to reach the other published networks. Possibly because the IP tunnel is initiated from my end? My own network will not be reachable by others though.

pitz ☕Jan 27

This podcast episode from my good friend @shanselman resonates a lot in owning your blog posts. This in contrast to what happens on most social media platforms today.
https://hanselminutes.com/981/blogging-for-developers-with-mark-downie

Blogging for Developers with Mark Downie

Mark Downie has been blogging about technical topics for years, and also is the primary maintainer of the DasBlog-Core blogging engine. He talks with Scott about writing technical blogs that get read. Why does one blog and in this time of walled gardens, why is it more important than ever? The 50% off code for Hanselminutes: HMdunlop for https://www.manning.com/books/writing-for-developers

pitz ☕Jan 21

Tim Berners-Lee Jan 21

Just published a new DesignIssues note on the general vision of what a world will be like with everyone in control of their own data - the Solid Protocol benefits for when you have more than one app that has its data under your control.
https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Vision.html

Vision of a new World - Design Issues

pitz ☕Oct 8, 2024

Brendan Jones Oct 6, 2024

The rise of Mastodon has made me so much more aware of government services requiring us to use private companies’ systems to communicate with them and access services.

Sitting on a Dutch train just now I was shown on a screen “feeling unsafe in the train? Contact us via WhatsApp”.

What if I don’t use WhatsApp? (I do, but I wish I didn’t have to) I’m forced to share my data with Meta to use it.

Public systems should not require use of private services.

#NS #Netherlands #FOSS #privacy

pitz ☕Aug 2, 2024

I haven't tried this with the unit I have in storage, but the winner of this auction should try attaching it to a PC parallel port and join GlobalTalk. It is presumably compatible with PhoneNet. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116254911197

#globaltalk #retrocomputing #appletalk

Vintage Coactive Connectors for PC and Mac, unused but untested | eBay

The one for the PC is still sealed in the box with shrink-wrap intact. A sticker indicates it is a Demo Unit. The Macintosh connector is in an opened box but appears to be unused. At least two of these connectors are required to create a functional Coactive network.

eBay