Notes

I upgraded an OpenBSD server from 6.9 to 7.0 the other day which updated MariaDB server from 10.5.9 to 10.6.4 and mariadbd started crashing this evening with an InnoDB assertion failure on a specific query (reproducible) even after a clean re-import of the entire database. \

Some thoughts on selling things on Tindie

https://jcs.org/2021/11/15/tindie

Install Disk 1 of Giant Stack

I am Menu Works old
https://twitter.com/aarcamp/status/1456394714312228869

Just kidding, here's my MNT Reform next to a PowerBook 180
https://twitter.com/jcs/status/1407431934997938176

Wikipedia seems to agree, indicating it started on Lisa OS:

"The keys involved all cluster together at the left end of the bottom row of the standard QWERTY keyboard"

I guess I should have actually looked at my keyboard before asking...

https://twitter.com/Sakurina/status/1454204882886565888

How did the keyboard shortcut for Paste become Command+V in Mac System 1? Obviously it couldn't be P because Print used that, but why V?

LaserWriter II was a fun read
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1452358244823863296

I was sad OpenBSD wouldn't work on the original Raspberry Pi Zero since it was based on the original Pi 1 and we no longer have an armv6 port, but the Pi Zero 2 is based on the Pi 3 which is supported by OpenBSD/arm64 so hopefully it will work on this. I have one pre-ordered...
https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi/status/1453602899737591812

Pretty rad A/UX shirt - "/nev/dull"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/951954737/aux-shirt-apple-computer-shirt-90s

After selling 21 of them, I only have one WiFiStation kit remaining and I will probably not be making/selling any more (myself, anyway)

https://www.tindie.com/products/jcs/wifistation/

https://deskto.ps/u/jcs/d/jtz1lg

I've returned to System 6 programming again after a hiatus. Recently I made a small revision control system called Amend to manage the code that I write on my Mac.

https://jcs.org/2021/10/22/amend

When you write a bunch of code at once and don't trust that it won't bomb the computer so you single-step through every line in the debugger to inspect variables along the way and it's actually working