(UPDATE: I think i've got this one answered, thank you everyone!)

People of mastodon!

Super weird question, but ...

... is anyone out there conversant in Assembly for a 1960s-era IBM 7090, or machines of that lineage?

I'm working on an article that includes some Assembly of that vintage ...

... and want to make sure I'm describing what it does correctly

if this describes you or someone you know ...

... hit me up, I'd love to tap your expertise!

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There are over 600 comments submitted on Reflect Orbital's filing at the FCC!! That's amazing, especially given how hard the FCC has made the submission process.

If you want to submit your own comment (on this or SpaceX's million sat filing), there's still a few more days to do that, and instructions are here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

and here https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/

I am SUPER looking forward to our conference at the end of April. The keynotes are all AMAZING, and I get to facilitate a panel session to close the conference. Just met with the panelists, and the session is going to be an absolute banger!

https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference/keynotes

The 2025 Emerging Technology Survey findings are available! - CDLRA https://cdlra-acrfl.ca/the-2025-emerging-technology-survey-findings-are-available/

Specific to Canadian Post-secondary, but probably not much different than the US? I didn't see anything that raised my eyebrows, but it confirmed MPOW is considering and using all the same stuff.

Last year's shutdown of @glitchdotcom was a blow to my pedagogy. Glitch was ideal for creative coding classes and workshops. I looked around for alternatives. But there was nothing that was open, decentralized, and not at the mercy of VCs or Big Tech.

So I built my own. Here's Glitchlet.

Glitchlet runs on any shared hosting service (e.g., Reclaim Hosting). If you can run WordPress, you can run Glitchlet. Projects-in-progress are stored in the browser's local storage, but you can also one-click publish to make them public and remixable. Glitchlet is designed with educators in mind.

There's no single, primary Glitchlet that everyone uses. The idea is that every instructor installs their own Glitchlet and manages their own classes/workshops/projects. You can seed your instance with template files, or Glitchlet can easily import projects (including archived Glitch .tgz files).

Making something so easy to install and host has trade-offs, of course. No fancy pants Node or React projects, but Glitchlet works beautifully with HTML/JavaScript/CSS. No live collaboration, but you can still remix published projects.

Best of all—you're in control and not subject to the whims of some startup that suddenly decides to "sunset" a key pedagogical tool.

Glitchlet is alpha now, but its code will available to all very soon!

"Every day computers are making people easier to use"

--Masthead on In Formation Magazine

I quite enjoyed this post.

I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy new perspective on librarianship https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship/

I also had a student report this issue last week :-/

NVivo 14 and 15 for Windows is reporting ‘File ‘Size’ Errors and Crashing up Saving – QDATRAINING https://qdatraining.com/nvivo-14-and-15-for-windows-is-reporting-file-size-errors-and-crashing-up-saving/

#Troubleshooting #NVivo #MiseryLovesCompany