Update: now on 2.8.5 – woooo!!!
Growing tired of the constant WordPress updating! Sigh…
See the changelog for details on what is new in this release. Honestly I didn’t even read it. Instead I chose to fall asleep while watching the jazzy intro video.
The theme used here, h2o, is becoming somewhat of a monstruosity. I really should write a completely new one. But for now, iterating already allows a little refresh, so behold a new hackishly re-tweaked theme!
Because of Twitter, I rarely post anything anymore… so I went from two-posts on the homepage to just one. The header was also changed, hiding the description so that focus is now completely on the latest tweet block and it’s awesomely mind-blowing font-size animation.
Let me know what you think in the comments!
Amidst the launch of Google’s own Android mobile operating system, the company is bringing its Google Earth software to the iPhone App Store. The iPhone version replicates much of the desktop application’s core experience, downloading imagery from Google’s servers as the perspective shifts and dotting the map with landmarks, photos, and other information.
Surfing the web, minding my own business, trying not to worry about the imminent annual bloodbath, I stumbled upon news regarding Apricot’s netbook line – wait what? Apricot? Apparently they are still around, so this gives me an opportunity for a trip down memory lane.
And by memory, I mean all 256k of it.
My mom’s first computer was an Apricot. I think it ran a version of CP/M – which means that it smelled like DOS, but wasnt compatible with anything. The main use for the thing was Wordstar, in full
I have fond memories of sneaking up to the office at night to play a game of Nibbles on the then high-res monochrome display. I remember finding the mini-screen on the keyboard pretty nifty, but not amazing enough to forgive the thing for not running games like Barbarian.
This small LCD screen could also display the current line of text you’re working on and there’s even a contrast knob on the right of the keyboard.
Good times! What was your antique gear?