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@hacks4pancakes They see you hailin' - They dingin'

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More BSOD should include music.

I was fooling around with a "new" Windows 98 machine at @mediaarchaeologylab and started up a Simpsons game. It played fine for a while but the system isn't perfectly stable, so it eventually crashed...with the Simpsons theme continuing playing in the background.

Seems super accurate TBH. Has their ever been a Simpsons opener where they flip on the TV and it bluescreens? Might be a missed opportunity.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #Windows98 #BSOD

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Good move, Amtrak! Come on, corporations—do the right thing here; it’s actually good for business too!

Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/

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Got SnapMail 2.0.3 successfully sending messages between my SE and IIfx. Gonna try it on the 6500 next to see if it works all the way up to Mac OS 9.

There's two possible limitations to getting this to run on #GlobalTalk:

1. The download from the Garden is a 21-day trial, and doesn't seem to have any way to enter a serial number. Maybe there's a way to crack it?

2. There doesn't seem to be a way to select an AppleTalk zone - so I'm not sure if it's looking at just my zone for recipients, or looking across all zones.

EDIT: see subsequent posts in this thread, both limitations have been addressed. There is a crack available now, and all AppleTalk zones are always scanned.

#RetroComputing #VintageMac

Photo of a Mac SE and a monitor (connected to a Mac IIfx) running side by side, each running the SnapMail software and sending messages between them.

A photo of the two machines in a SnapTalk chatroom

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Currently contemplating modifying a fair isle sweater so that all the repeated motifs are system 6 default desktop patterns

a complex colorwork knit sweater with several bands of different colorwork motifs

a bunch of my favorite system 6 desktop patterns. all of them are 1 bit pixel art in a repeated 8x8 frame

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Malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions hid trojan in fake PNG file https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-vscode-marketplace-extensions-hid-trojan-in-fake-png-file/

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posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

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“With the permission of Adobe Systems Inc., the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code to the 1990 version 1.0.1 of Photoshop.”

https://computerhistory.org/blog/adobe-photoshop-source-code/

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The wait is over! Phrack 72 40th Anniversary Edition is available now.

Order straight to your doorstep — the perfect gift for your fellow hacker, just in time for the holidays🎄

No need to go to rely on the warez scene with scans anymore😅

Order here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/phrack-zine/phrack-72/paperback/product-p6j89w6.html

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More at https://phrack.org/contact

#phrackat40 #phrack72

More BSOD should include music.

I was fooling around with a "new" Windows 98 machine at @mediaarchaeologylab and started up a Simpsons game. It played fine for a while but the system isn't perfectly stable, so it eventually crashed...with the Simpsons theme continuing playing in the background.

Seems super accurate TBH. Has their ever been a Simpsons opener where they flip on the TV and it bluescreens? Might be a missed opportunity.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #Windows98 #BSOD

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I'm at the airport right now and I just want to say; Thank you, Windows...

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The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI)

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

1. A bird's-eye view of a giant amphora the size of a building with closed eyes and a closed mouth engraved on it. Using scaffolding, a community of wizards climbed up and are throwing all their books into it, to fill its content.
> Wizards: All our grimoires for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

2. A ground level view at the bottom of the giant amphora. This time, the wizards bring tree trunks, cut down nearby trees, and throw them into a large fire to boil the giant amphora.
> Wizards: All our forests for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

3. A gathering of all the wizards below the imposing amphora which has now opened its glowing eyes and mouth slightly. The crowd of wizards at its feet applauds:
> Wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us!

4. Same shot, as the amphora responds with joyful and amused eyes. The wizards are confused by the answer...
> Artificial Intelligence: According to geologists, you should eat at least one small rock per day.
> Wizards: ... ... ...

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The senator told The Intercept the attack defied rules of engagement and came from a drone. A legal expert calls it murder. https://theintercept.com/2025/09/10/trump-venezuela-boat-attack-drone

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It’s rare to have two Story Hour debuts on one night, but honestly, it feels silly to call either of these horror authors “debut” anything. Join us for stories from Jennifer Brozek and Marguerite Sheffer! Wednesday, September 10 at 7:00 PDT. For real. #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #JenniferBrozek #MargueriteSheffer @JenniferBrozek @mlensheffer https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Color photo of author Jennifer Brozek, a fair-skinned woman wearing her straight hair half dyed blue and in a chin-length bob. She wears dangly silver filigree earrings and a black V-neck top with either a lacy camisole or an elaborate tattoo under it. She sits in a high-backed office chair and holds a pair of glasses in one hand, as if she’s just removed them. She smiles warmly at the camera.

Color photo portrait of author Marguerite Sheffer, a fair-skinned woman with arched eyebrows and gray (can they really be gray?) eyes. Her dark ash-blonde hair is either cut short or pulled back; in either case, it has heavy bangs. She wears dark blue jeans, a charcoal-colored long-sleeved waffle thermal top, and gold hoop earrings. She sits on a wooden chair against a plain, dark backdrop, resting her forearms on her legs, and looks straight into the camera with a Mona Lisa smile.

Someone visited the @mediaarchaeologylab yesterday who happened to have a photo on their phone of their ancestors who literally rode the Oregon Trail in covered wagons in the 19th century, and I asked to photograph the picture in front of the startup screen for Oregon Trail. Honestly looks like a great 8-bit rendering of the scene on the monochrome Apple IIc.

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #oregontrail #history #HistoryColorado #appleii #apple #MediaArchaeology

A hand holds a mobile phone in front of an Apple IIc computer. The phone displays a photograph of pioneers crossing the American west in the 1800s in two covered wagons. The computer screen displays a green on black monochrome graphic of the load screen for the game Oregon Trail.

Tried listening to the hearings with RFK Jr. this morning, voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard and answers infuriating, gave up after five minutes.

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The FeelsGood menu option.

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I've found a use for AI. If you start typing a sentence and it successfully autocompletes what you were about to say, it was obviously something trite and overdone, so delete it and think of something better.

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Millions browse the web on school, library, and workplace computers that leave them exposed to hidden trackers. Privacy Badger can be installed organization-wide to enhance privacy and security on these devices. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/libraries-schools-why-organizations-should-install-privacy-badger

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Anti-Vaxxers Rejoice at Florida’s Scheme to End Vaccine Mandates for Kids and Everyone Else
https://www.wired.com/story/anti-vaxxers-rejoice-florida-plan-end-vaccine-mandate/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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