Scott Small 🇨🇦

@smallsco@oldbytes.space
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Just a 30something Canadian dude from #VancouverIsland who's into #RetroComputing (mainly old #Apple / #Mac stuff), #Programming, and general #Technology enthusiast. Also love to #Travel!

I wrote a Mastodon client for vintage Mac computers, #Macstodon, which you can get from here: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon

Occasionally I’ll post about #Anime and #Gaming, especially #ZenlessZoneZero and #HonkaiStarRail.

I boost a lot. Boosts are not endorsements.

DMs from non-followers are blocked due to spam.

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an earnest blog post about the old mac I just bought

https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macse30.html

Trying To Find Meaning In Owning An Old Mac

My Dad got to middle age and restored a classic car. I got to middle age and following that pattern with a computer instead.

decryption's blog
Remember cheerful '90s car upholstery?
This is what we should be building.

As promised: PartUtil a limited partition editor that makes dual booting DOS and Win 9x without a boot manager easier.

Hide, unhide and make partitions active. Save and restore MBRs to files. And a few extra tricks that help with initial setup. Runs on any PC compatible and any version of DOS. Source code included.

(I've been using an earlier version of this for years on a PCjr. This is a complete rewrite that is finally worth sharing.)

http://www.brutman.com/PartUtil/PartUtil.html

#retrocomputing #dos

Just come across this legend (again) saved on a HDD. Gets posted often, but there always someone who hasn't seen it.

#Cycling #Logistics #Fridge #Legend

Not to be alarmist but the Power Mac G4 Cube is now a quarter of a century old
Mondelez Canada discontinuing Jersey Milk chocolate bars amid low consumer demand

Mondelez Canada Inc. says it’s no longer producing Jersey Milk chocolate bars.

CTVNews
Ah finally some batteries for my flashlight.

for sale locally

death by 1993 kd is on my top 3 list of tiktok going away videos

#retroGaming

🌞 Mainiu's automatic car awnings are becoming popular in China to avoid cars becoming boiling hot when parked outside during the summer.
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My wife told me to share this everywhere.

#USPol #Democrats #Trump #RollOverAndShowTheirBellies

@janetlogan they really have NO spine when it comes to fighting fascism...they would rather let America fall to the American Hitler than fight back against the Nazis... good to know that if WW2 were held today America would be SIDING with Hitler noy fighting against him. #USPOL #FuckTrump #AntiFascist

@janetlogan

And for saying this the #DNC force David Hogg out.

@janetlogan Zohran threatens the money, the Dems are just as beholden to wealth as the Repubs.

@nini @janetlogan

Politics makes strange bedfellows rich.

@janetlogan in reality painting ALL democrats with a broad brush is disingenuous. He is receiving endorsements from Democrats. Adams won last election without city wide support of all coalitions. Wiley ran as a progressive and was not able to get enough votes to beat Adams.
Winning elections is hard work. Zohran is working to win. Whining is not a winning strategy

@Doeshecook @janetlogan

“Whining is not a winning strategy” 😐

I have noticed this too, but there’s an awful lot of it about. It sure doesn’t do much against #AlligatorAuschwitz and the like. What are they thinking, what are they doing! (Don’t answer that: it’s all rhetorical!) 😐

@janetlogan I am disappointed at the lack of the majority of the political party I affiliate myself with to resist. There are a few exceptional people that do, that I see in the news, but the rest of them? Pah. Humbug. Disappointed. https://mrflash818.livejournal.com/307716.html
might politically change to Independent

might politically change to Independent I vote. That is the coin of the land I use for democracy. I do not give money to political parties (anymore). I am disappointed at the lack of the majority of the political party I affiliate myself with to resist. There are a few exceptional people that do,…

@janetlogan when it comes to ability to fight against fascism, next to a Chuck Schumer (and rest of DNC leadership) even Neville Chamberlain looks like Captain America.
@janetlogan The pink is the makeup to cover up that they're oligarchs too...
@janetlogan This is not a meme. This is a treatise of surgical academic precision.

@janetlogan

They disagree with one of them. You get to pick.

@janetlogan One is a real threat to their access to billionaire dollars and the other is not
@janetlogan I wish Dems fought as hard against Drumpf as they did against Zordon.

@janetlogan

It's a great meme. Some of the comments above are like, "not all Democrats...", and this is true. What needs to be acknowledged is this schism in the Democratic Party. Not sure the best way to label it? Centrist vs. Leftist is not right. Establishment vs. Insurgent also misses the mark. Old vs new blood, nah. Corporatist vs. ???

The GOP has been very successful with their MAGA branding. Any suggestions for what to call Democrats willing to stand up and fight for the people?

@bitsnpieces @janetlogan

Get what you mean, and it is certainly true of elected politicians, but that's what needs to change. We the people need to elect more folks who will stand up to what is going on. The point is that labels matter. "MAGA" worked for the GOP insurgency because it gave people a way to identify with their insurgent movement. Something analogous on this side would serve as a rallying cry for Democrats to hold their elected representatives accountable.