Notes

how things are going in linuxland

pfft biden could never put up these kind of numbers

My Z505JE, circa 2001

The original "OpenBSD developer laptop" before ThinkPads

Post from Retro Tech Dreams:

I still think the Sony VAIO PCG-505 (1998) is one of top 5 best looking laptops ever designed.

This level of llvm support for the Z80 would be nifty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejbTKtgSZI0

Boards of Canada's "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wubkrBd3-gg

Things you miss out on buying at VCF Midwest because you were stuck at your table :/

https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/1nwl1ii/dayna_maccharlie/

godspeed you! black emperor
in a cemetery

I can't tell if these people are just delusional about the importance of their own work and they fear everyone stealing it because it's so great, or if they just use it as an excuse to not contribute to things with non-GPL licenses

Ah yes, the situation every OS developer fears: Microsoft taking your MIT-licensed software and... completely abandoning their massive OS that underwent decades of refinement to rebrand your little hobby OS as their own

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45383672

maybe they're depressed because you're calling them a dummy

I got my VCFMW stickers from https://makestickers.com and really liked them. And for Chicago people, they're in Tinley Park so they arrived very fast.

Post from Spainimation - H-9 @ MFF:

Friendly reminder to not use 🚫 Sticker Mule! 🚫May I suggest StickerApp or Sticky Brand?aninjusticemag.com/sticker-mule...

macOS Tahoe is ugly but it does have one redeeming new feature: when FileVault is enabled, the pre-boot environment now has an SSH server running so you can SSH in and it will unlock the disk to continue booting

lol

https://www.theverge.com/news/780757/samsung-brings-ads-to-us-fridges

State your program at the tone

I just watched Sneakers last night :(

RIP Bishop

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/movies/robert-redford-dead.html

A great name for a battery company

Aside from a boxed copy of @ericsedge.com's game, the only thing I bought at #VCFMW was this mouse cover mouse crocheted by a nice lady

She was excited to inform me that next year they will have little pink noses