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Geekman

@Geekman@bitbang.social

Lifelong computer geek and Mac fanatic. IT Pro, Technical Communicator, advocate for digital rights and better information security. Expert at the "cloud-based whatever".
(Yes, I am the "Bad Caps" guy)

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ActionRetro, to random
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NEW VIDEO! I put Ubuntu 24.04 minimum requirements to the test with a very old Mac Mini.

https://youtu.be/b9qBJa8IUZU

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro I've got four retired 2010 Mac Minis (that were servers in a previous life), as well as a load of spare SATA SSDs. New DDR3 is cheap and plentiful.

Now that you've done all that, you've got me thinking of what else I could do with a stack of four fully-upgraded mid-2010s... 🤔

ActionRetro, to random
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NEW VIDEO! Running Mac OS on an Apple II

https://youtu.be/NT5fb6wR5M8

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro It almost feels more (but not quite) like this turns the Apple II into a terminal for a mainframe which is running in one of the Apple II's own card slots.

But as a video title, that doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

ActionRetro, to random
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Vintage computer nerds will see this and think “hell yeah”

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro

ActionRetro, to random
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NEW VIDEO! I built an M2 powered iMac G4 and it's everything I dreamt it would be.

https://youtu.be/aWcOTN7orEg

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro Amazing. Honestly Juicycrumb should consider a version of the board that just accommodates a modern Mac Mini motherboard. I suspect more than a few people would buy it!

NanoRaptor, to random
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Macintosh Quadra 0605

Geekman,
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@NanoRaptor Towards the end of the product lifecycle, Apple made some minor modifications and sold it rebadged as the Macintosh SMLC.

Geekman, to random
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Rant/Top tip: Your local business isn't JUST failing because amazon undercuts you.

It's also because people (like me) who want to spend money at a local business, looked up your hours and location on your website, planned a morning around coming by, drove over to find your storefront papered over with a printed note saying you'd moved to the other side of town – a fact not reflected on your website, or Google Maps. 😑

(🧵/1)

Geekman, to TeslaMotors
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I'm sick of seeing so much misinformation about EVs recently. I own an EV and love it, and can tell you firsthand that a lot of the FUD is false.

So if you also hate misinformation, and if reading lengthy blog posts is still a thing people do in 2024, here you go.

https://www.geekman.ca/single-post/2024/1/18/ive-had-it-with-ev-misinformation

ActionRetro, to random
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That’s what I get for wearing the shirt

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro OS will not boot until it can play some nice music for you.

ActionRetro, to random
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Right as I went to turn on the camera, power goes out 🙃

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro battery backup sponsor now furiously banging out an email

Geekman, to retrocomputing
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Inspired by @mac84tv 's recent adventures with the classic 1999 Compaq (in all its original be-stickered glory), I decided to answer the question literally no one asked: What if t-shirts advertised themselves like late-90s PCs? 🤔

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/56059454-retro-pc-overload

ActionRetro, to random
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This was a real computer case you could buy

The front panel is gold plastic, with DVD drive and a big button
The back, showing computers ports

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro I unironically love it. Judge me if you dare.

Geekman, to ReBoot
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If like me, you were a child of the '90s, you might remember "ReBoot" – a pioneering 3D animated kids series created by Vancouver's own Mainframe Entertainment.

These documentarians have gotten a hold of the original, uncompressed digital masters. The problem is, they're in the D-1 format.

If anyone in the community has access to a Bosch BTS D1, or a comparable D1 player/decoder, I urge you to reach out to @ReBootReWind (on Twitter) to help preserve !

https://globalnews.ca/news/10194517/reboot-documentary-digital-master/

Geekman, to random
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Another day cleaning out our last office where Mac OS X Server legacy still hides.

Just lifted up a random CD jewel case (for Microsoft Frontpage XP) and there was a stack of NINE Apple decals, two stickers each (that's 19 Apples).

Man, we office-workers are packrats. 😅

Geekman,
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@freehours9 Yum yum rainbow apples!

ActionRetro, to random
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Be afraid. Be beary afraid.

Wait I already made that joke

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro These repeated puns are unbearable.

... oh no.

ActionRetro, to random
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Rate my engineering abilities

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro Sean... no...

ActionRetro, to random
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Welp, I think I'm going to make the EV plunge with a used 2020 Model 3 😬

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro May or may not suit the price range (and not sure if used is an option in your general area), but last year my wife and I got a new Kona EV. We'd been saving for a while. The reviews all said it was an excellent car and they were right.

I don't miss anything about gas cars. Not the noise or the weak performance or control feel or paying for gas to burn and destroy the planet. I love my EV, period.

(And yes, generally the software works very well.)

ActionRetro, to random
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Flight canceled, stuck in Texas for another night. I just want to go pet my cats dagnabbit 😭

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro Here’s ya problem – You got this thing set to “evil”!

ActionRetro, to random
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Soooo I got a cursed donation at VCF SW...

video/mp4

Geekman,
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@ActionRetro Can you and it be friends?

Geekman, to random
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Hi folks – My stuff is on Threadless too, but I'm sometimes bad at keeping my shop up to date because the designs interface can be very slow.

Well, I've added/updated designs in the shop and Threadless is having their Memorial Day sale. If you like my stuff but have hesitated because of pricing (or you don't like TeePublic), this might be an opportunity for you.

https://geekmansworld.threadless.com

Geekman,
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@freehours9 It's... fine? 😅 The print quality is generally quite solid – durable, decent colour-matching. The difficulty I find is using their design system, which is super sluggish and sometimes just times out.

I haven't used Cotton Bureau before so I don't have basis for comparison.

Geekman, to random
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Another great retro find from clearing out our defunct office. I have no idea how it ended up at work, but I got this – The NCSA Mosaic Handbook (for the Macintosh) as a starry-eyed teen way back in 1994 (the year it was published).

Mosaic was an early web browser whose code became that basis for the original Internet Explorer. Before I even had an internet connection, this classic O'Reilly book taught me how to make HTML pages, and the protocol basics of HTTP.

Book page teaching very basic HTML code
Book page showing a screenshot of the Internet Underground Music Archive web page displayed in NCSA Mosaic.

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