Some Random Person

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Some random person, working in InfoSec.

Retrocomputing fan, esp. old Macs. Posts nerd pics.

Amateur naturalist interested in paleontology, natural history, biology, biogeography, taxonomy, et al. especially dinos/birds and bugs. Regular iNaturalist contributor. Posts bird pics.

Studied Classics in school, still study Greek and Roman history and collect ancient coins. Sometimes posts coin pics.

Occasional digital artist.

Author of Hedgehog Art Through the Ages.

Contains multitudes.

TIL there is a Mac port of Archon. It originally only ran on the 512/Plus, but it runs in mini vMac. Combat controls aren't great in an emulator, though.
Thanks to oldcarbrochures.org, I found some of the original photos used for the Ford Simulator II. These were all in the 1990 Ford Lineup brochure. Some of the backgrounds were modified, but here are at least four matches based on car posture:
Daily Affirmations
Hard drive seeds have sprouted. They should add a platter every few weeks, and the outer shell usually forms by late September.

early prototype of apple pay

#caturday 

In April of 1985 I’d hired a replacement to succeed me as head of the Mac/Lisa User Education Group, and had moved over to Guy Kawasaki’s staff to run the Developer team (Evangelism, Developer Marketing, Tech Pubs, and Developer Tech Support). The idea was that I would take over Developer when Guy got his business plan approved to spin out Apple apps as a separate company.

It had been a pretty brutal grind from the Mac intro to shipping Lisa 7/7 to the 512Ke and I needed a break. 1/

Blue Dasher
Egrets, Cormorants, Grackles