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@SteveBellovin Another giant left us.@aka_pugs

A history of Lisp on the Mac and Macintosh Common Lisp.http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/Entries/2013/2/17_Macintosh_Common_Lisp.html#lisp #CommonLisp #mac #retrocomputing

The history of Apple OpenDoc and similar object embedding facilities such as Microsoft OLE. An old but interesting post.http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/Entries/2010/4/17_OpenDoc.html#OpenDoc #mac #retrocomputing

Caroline Crampton on what it is like to manage and read almost 2,000 RSS feeds.Somehow, still using RSS, which is a beautifully simple bit of tech from the early days of the web, makes you part of a community of like-minded strangers.https://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-from-rss#rss #blogs

@Numerfolt Me too. At some point I barely noticed that key existed.

@weekend_editor That's understandable, but why list invisible text in the results in the first place?

I fixed an Insphex issue I introduced by accessing internal system details that later changed. Insphex is my hex dump tool for Medley Interlisp.https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/paoloamoroso/rearranging-the-file-browser-menu-for-insphex#interlisp #CommonLisp #lisp

Rupert Lane reconstructed the code of Joseph Weizenbaum's Online Programming Language (OPL).Based on a printout of source code found among Weizenbaum's papers archived by MIT Libraries, I have reconstructed the language so it can live again for the first time in nearly sixty years on a IBM 7094 emulator running CTSS.https://timereshared.com/reconstructing-joseph-weizenbaums-opl#eliza #ProgLang #retrocomputing

@arjen Interesting, thanks.

@vnikolov I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.— Alan Perlis

Adam on why fiction books actually change how you see the world.Once you become sensitive to how language softens reality, you start noticing it everywhere. Fiction develops that sensitivity without feeling like instruction.Good blog, by the way.https://racc.blog/self-help-books-suck#books #fiction

@jstevenyork WordStar was quite capable even on those limited systems.@ukscone

@met That's great, thanks.@liberachat

@pesco Indeed, for all its flaws reflowable text is the killer feature of ePub. I guess Mobi and derivatives aren't too different.@cdegroot @OpinionatedGeek

@kaveman Thanks, I didn't know about that work.

@OpinionatedGeek Thanks.

@pesco I'm wondering about the ebook at Lulu too. According to Wikipedia Lulu phased out DRM long ago:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu.com#Digital_Rights_Management_(DRM)@davidgerard @cdegroot

RE: https://mastodon.social/@pixelunion/116076701633853091PixelUnion @pixelunion now provides a 1-click migration tool.This European Google Photos alternative based on Immich sets the usability standard for alternatives to Big Tech platforms. Many want to migrate but don't know how to move their data. An easy import tool is the single most important thing people look for, a must have for alternative platforms.With the release of this tool PixelUnion addressed 100% of my feedback and feature suggestions.https://pixelunion.eu/blog/migration-tool#immich #GooglePhotos #EuropeanAlternatives

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@interlisp/116068443319312976Surfing the web like it's 1992.

Jay Hoffmann @Jayhoffmann on the origins of permalinks for blog posts. Decades later some sites with blog or news items still don't provide permalinks.https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/did-you-want-that-link-to-be-permanent#blogging #web #retrocomputing