As I mentioned last year, I acquired the source code to Copy ][ Plus v8.4 at @init_hello 2025 and proceeded to refactor the hell out of it, fix some 40-year-old bugs, and add some small quality-of-life updates. INIT HELLO is happening again this year <https://init-hello.org/2026/01/init-hello-v2-coming-this-summer/>, and I plan to release this project and (if accepted) give a presentation about it.

Oops. 6 months ago I paused my World of Warcraft subscription. It just renewed.

Better get in there and see what I've missed. #RogueForever #Alliance #WoW

May he be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows he’s dead.

Family member passed away, so we do what is required to send them off. #irish #whiskey

And this one looks interesting. Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation.

@bigjsl I grabbed this link and worked my way down until I found one the library had :) https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/10/the-laundry-files-an-updated-c.html

Went with this one to start. “Disturbing and funny” sounds interesting.

Should decide which of these by @cstross to start with.

I wonder if anyone has written a story about AI based on the Wizard of Oz. Or is that it.

I found an old library card in my wallet. I’m going to the library today to see if it works.

These wonderful items arrived in the post today, saved from the tip in Tasmania. I haven't opened the boxes yet, to check paperwork and disks. I haven't checked archive.org either to see what needs to be saved. Very exciting.

If anything is of particular interest I'll focus on it. All Apple II.

Silent Service
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
Flight Simulator II
Solo Flight
Destroyer
B-24 Combat Simulator
Story Tree
Raft-Away River
Epyx Winter Games

@Qldaah I know Steve. He’s a fine fellow. And really nice guy.

Microsoft sounds the alarm about Secure Boot certificates expiring later this year
PCs without the new certificates could eventually have trouble booting new OSes.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/microsoft-sounds-the-alarm-about-secure-boot-certificates-expiring-later-this-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@decryption You’re a lunatic :)

@froosh We get people/systems/whatever setting a nice complex password onprem. Then Entra rejects it and the user just can’t login anymore to Entra services. Because for some reason Entra didn’t like LargeRubberCh1cken10!

@froosh Will have a look. Maybe we have confusion because Okta is tossed in the mix and we need to sync password between Entra, Okta, and AD. All with their own stupid complexity requirements.

Dear Microsoft. Why can’t I tell Entra to use my onprem AD password policy, not your stupid unknown password lists!!

Unless I can. ?

@europlus Neat desktop picture! Hi res!

I’m using a dinosaur juice car for a few weeks while my proper car is out of town. When it comes time to visit the stinky place where you put more juice in does it matter what sort of ULP goes in? Brand, additives etc? 2017 Honda 1.5L Turbo CRV.

@cstross I think it will be an absolute smash hit. It will _probably_ have enough basic juice for Apple Intelligence though. We’ve had more than sufficient power in phone CPUs to run a computer for a while.