Nostr notes by Marcin Wichary

Yeah, once in a while I find some nice detail here and there that ...

2026-10-31T03:04:48Z

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Yeah, once in a while I find some nice detail here and there that goes beyond “looks pretty.” I want to study this a bit more carefully.

Of course, there is also a bigger message: “you are not a Braun radio.” Most software is a lot more complex *and* lives next to other software. Even iPods had column view and iTunes doing the hard IA work, and they never got top billing that the click wheel did.

Here’s one example: - the most important dial (tuning) is much ...

2026-10-31T02:53:57Z

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Here’s one example:

- the most important dial (tuning) is much larger and separated from others and close to the edge for easy grasp
- it’s also underneath the tuning indicator
- the radio/push buttons are shaped differently from dials to indicate an affordance
- the leftmost push button has two labels (on/off) to distinguish it from radio buttons next to it

It’s all minimalistic, but still quite a bit going on rather than 9 identical controls, which is what a Braun copycat would do.

Do I know anyone (or, do you know anyone) who actually studied ...

2026-10-31T02:40:06Z

Do I know anyone (or, do *you* know anyone) who actually studied or would be interested in studying some classic Braun hi-fi hardware?

I have this hunch to validate that industrial and UX design fetishizes these as spartan and minimalistic, but that they might be filled with a lot more nuance and inconsistencies and “maximalism” than we assume, and we’re doing those designs disservice by not talking about these aspects.

I’m also curious if it could be interesting to put together a ...

2026-10-30T17:53:17Z

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I’m also curious if it could be interesting to put together a little library of these anti- or tricky patterns online? Not sure I actually saw anything like it, at this level of granularity.

This is not exactly a minefield effect (unless the date is itself clickable), but its cousin.

It might not even be fun as much as someone thinking visual ...

2026-10-30T17:51:36Z

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It might not even be fun as much as someone thinking visual minimalism benefits users, and perhaps not considering the tradeoffs or not looking at them the same way you did.

One idea would be to show a few of these treatments side by side and discuss the tradeoffs.

The challenge is that even macOS does this (see: document proxy), so this is also about not treating these UI patterns blindly, or discussing the precedents.

Today’s fun Halloween post: window compositing glitches, ...

2026-10-29T00:05:58Z

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Today’s fun Halloween post: window compositing glitches, datamoshing, and all that jazz!

(also, I’ve learned that I am *really* bad at Solitaire)

https://unsung.aresluna.org/all-these-will-be-cherished-and-emulated-as-soon-as-they-can-be-avoided/

And here’s a great video about kind of an amazing horror (?) ...

2026-10-27T01:41:09Z

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And here’s a great video about kind of an amazing horror (?) map someone made in Doom: https://unsung.aresluna.org/miss-you-tom/

Here’s the first software bug I ever remember witnessing – ...

2026-10-27T01:40:45Z

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Here’s the first software bug I ever remember witnessing – and a creepy and surreal one, too: https://unsung.aresluna.org/my-first-visit-to-new-york-cities/

Unsung has dressed up for Halloween this week, and is already ...

2026-10-27T01:40:10Z

Unsung has dressed up for Halloween this week, and is already filled with 10+ posts with scary, spooky, and creepy stories! Many more to come later this week – check it out if you want: https://unsung.aresluna.org/

The tiny Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin is famous for being the ...

2026-10-17T00:47:44Z

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The tiny Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin is famous for being the birthplace of Seymour Cray, and a bunch of Cray supercomputers he created. It was honestly really cool to visit so long after reading about this place and Cray’s history.

What was that word for nostalgia for times you didn’t ...

2026-10-17T00:47:06Z

What was that word for nostalgia for times you didn’t personally experience?

Because yesterday I visited the Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry & Technology, and I totally felt that.

This might be intense (or, intensely boring), but I wrote down ...

2026-10-09T01:47:00Z

This might be intense (or, intensely boring), but I wrote down everything I know about differences between Mac and PC keyboards today. It might be useful for people who design cross-platform apps, especially web apps!

https://unsung.aresluna.org/deeper-dive-keyboard-differences-between-windows-and-macs/

Uh, look at this MICR-inspired signage on an old building in ...

2026-09-25T10:11:06Z

Uh, look at this MICR-inspired signage on an old building in Singapore.

1950: the world has N problems 1951: the world now has N + 1 ...

2026-09-22T06:30:11Z

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1950: the world has N problems
1951: the world now has N + 1 problems

“Nap mode” would sound so much better.

2026-09-19T18:47:48Z

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“Nap mode” would sound so much better.

Oh, and also it’s not over 3 seconds. It’s under. So it’s ...

2026-09-19T10:59:18Z

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Oh, and also it’s not over 3 seconds. It’s under. So it’s kind of the opposite of your theory?

…except some people say they never see this problem.

2026-09-19T10:52:57Z

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…except some people say they never see this problem.

My occam razor would be something like “two systems inside YT ...

2026-09-19T10:00:53Z

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My occam razor would be something like “two systems inside YT not talking to one another”: the page load saves the video as watched, and the playback progress sends the playhead position to server. If you nope out of the video quickly, the second one never fires, and the system interprets that as “completely watched.”

I don’t know if it’s just the UI layer (just shown this way), or system layer (actually recorded this way), and if there is a difference.

But why do some people not see it…

It’s been like this for years for me. It is not related to the ...

2026-09-19T03:46:45Z

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It’s been like this for years for me. It is not related to the recent view count change.

Not only Apple TV. I just reproduced it on iOS. I tapped on this ...

2026-09-19T03:37:54Z

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Not only Apple TV. I just reproduced it on iOS. I tapped on this unwatched video and closed it after a second or two. Now it’s marked as completely watched.

If I play a YouTube video for 3 seconds and leave, it becomes ...

2026-09-19T03:25:30Z

If I play a YouTube video for 3 seconds and leave, it becomes marked as completely watched, with the red line extending all the way under the thumbnail. It’s been like this forever.

Does anyone know if this is a bug, or intentional? It’s frustrating to me.

(Apple TV.)

Alas I don’t have a backup of version 4 executable, but if ...

2026-09-19T00:28:10Z

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Alas I don’t have a backup of version 4 executable, but if anyone has it still and can hook me up, please reach out! I also contacted CleanShot support to ask how can I downgrade.

Who greenlights this kind of stuff? There are so many whitespace ...

2026-09-19T00:22:34Z

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Who greenlights this kind of stuff? There are so many whitespace rivers and so much strange alignment that it becomes so much harder to quickly orient yourself and make decisions. And CleanShot is a place where settings are not just one-and-done. You mess with settings all the time, like in the view below:

Instant regret of updating CleanShot from version 4 to version 5 ...

2026-09-19T00:19:07Z

Instant regret of updating CleanShot from version 4 to version 5 and seeing the settings just do all the bad things we hated macOS settings doing a few years ago.

I wrote recently about some keyboard symbols that were lost to ...

2026-09-18T17:01:45Z

I wrote recently about some keyboard symbols that were lost to time! The first part has the PC side, and the absolutely beautiful, proofreading-inspired symbols for Insert, Delete, and other things:

https://unsung.aresluna.org/key-symbols-we-lost-to-time-pt-1-the-pc-side/

Wait, so I know “core memory” is an ancient computing term, ...

2026-09-17T20:37:15Z

Wait, so I know “core memory” is an ancient computing term, but I also started seeing “core memory” referring to nostalgia (“unlocking a core memory from your teenage years”), more recently. Does one come from the other, or are these two independent expressions?

“the razor I share with Occam” would have been a better joke

2026-09-16T19:16:11Z

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“the razor I share with Occam” would have been a better joke

My occam razor says only battery will be colored, like today.

2026-09-16T18:11:39Z

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My occam razor says only battery will be colored, like today.

That’s interesting. I feel like I find a lot of use in them, ...

2026-09-16T02:29:28Z

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That’s interesting. I feel like I find a lot of use in them, still. Bad connection/low battery/choosing between WiFi and cellular are common occurrences in my life.

(At the same time, that battery shape is definitely starting to ...

2026-09-15T22:50:11Z

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(At the same time, that battery shape is definitely starting to feel like a floppy disk icon.)

Yeah! I like the cleanness of the shape, although it is a bit ...

2026-09-15T22:49:37Z

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Yeah! I like the cleanness of the shape, although it is a bit mysterious. But if it explodes its constituents after a tap or in some other way, maybe it’s okay? The loss of the classic battery shape feels the most tricky here.

Yeah. I’m very curious how it all shakes out. It’s a very ...

2026-09-15T22:36:34Z

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Yeah. I’m very curious how it all shakes out. It’s a very interesting wrinkle in the whole idea.

What seems missing from the iPhone Duo left-handedness discourse ...

2026-09-15T21:32:36Z

What seems missing from the iPhone Duo left-handedness discourse is that I imagine quite a few right-handed people hold their phones in the left hand, so it’s not just about left-handed people. (I know I often do!)

What’s your favourite writing (or video) specifically about ...

2026-08-22T16:38:30Z

What’s your favourite writing (or video) specifically about accessibility? It could be technical or inspirational or high-level or down into the details. I’m curious if people have go-to examples of something that’s really well told in this space.

(Edit: By the way, I’m seeing people recommend books, which is fair! But in my head I was thinking more about essays and web writing, if there are any.)

I wrote a bit about Zalgo, the glitchy text you sometimes see. I ...

2026-08-20T20:28:04Z

I wrote a bit about Zalgo, the glitchy text you sometimes see. I wanted to explain not what it is in the meme/lore sense, but how it is constructed, and why is it even possible to construct it.

https://unsung.aresluna.org/zalgo-the-good-the-bad-and-the-very-very-ugly/

I was hoping for your help with something. Is there a particular ...

2026-08-11T16:39:29Z

I was hoping for your help with something.

Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Something on road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? I’ll share some examples in the thread.

I’d love to learn more about these. I’m not afraid of links in languages I don’t understand, ha.

(Also please repost for reach if you are willing!)

Thank you!

Wait, exactly how many anti-AI fonts are already out there? 1/ ...

2026-08-08T00:27:23Z

Wait, exactly how many anti-AI fonts are already out there?

1/ https://shieldfont.org/
2/ https://www.mixfont.com/experiments/decoy-font

Wake up, honey, a new kind of pixel/semigraphic font just ...

2026-07-29T19:38:25Z

Wake up, honey, a new kind of pixel/semigraphic font just dropped.

By old-school, I mean stuff like this: ...

2026-07-28T22:38:08Z

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By old-school, I mean stuff like this:

I find these really interesting – this strange hybrid of very ...

2026-07-28T22:36:21Z

I find these really interesting – this strange hybrid of very old-school displays that only showed a few options, married with vector fonts, but shown as dots, all using pretty modern LED tech.

Tex Shinobi!

2026-07-24T19:38:07Z

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Tex Shinobi!

I wrote about one of my favourite small big invisible ...

2026-07-24T19:25:41Z

I wrote about one of my favourite small big invisible interactions, and a strange design inspiration that stuck with me all the way since the 1990s: https://unsung.aresluna.org/unsung-heroes-repeat-in-excel-97/

The tab with the setting is called “AI innovations.” Eat my ...

2026-07-20T14:44:56Z

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The tab with the setting is called “AI innovations.” Eat my whole ass!

What the actual hell. Chrome installed a global Ctrl+G keyboard ...

2026-07-20T14:44:20Z

What the actual hell.

Chrome installed a *global* Ctrl+G keyboard shortcut to launch Gemini even if I’m using a different app, and didn’t ask me about it.

Also, just a lot of thoughtfulness and good kind of opinionation ...

2026-07-14T19:36:12Z

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Also, just a lot of thoughtfulness and good kind of opinionation all around.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nazhamid/116919200341117660 I’ve ...

2026-07-14T16:39:13Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nazhamid/116919200341117660

I’ve been using Aphera in beta and it’s a great alternative to Lightroom for serious photo flows, with some interesting new ideas.

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2.5 years in the making, and Aphera 1.0 is now live and available to download and trial (no cc required), or purchase (50% off for the next two weeks).

We think it's a wonderful way to work with images in a considered and intentional manner that gets you flow back. We built this with our needs in mind, and we've found others are enjoying it too. Lots more to build and to come!

https://aphera.co

Correction – I just checked – it’s custom, but styled to ...

2026-07-10T16:04:18Z

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Correction – I just checked – it’s custom, but styled to resemble native!

Oh, do you mean in navigation menus? I was specifically only ...

2026-07-08T17:08:21Z

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Oh, do you mean in navigation menus? I was specifically only thinking about playing the video.

I think VLC uses native? It’s been a while since I used it.

2026-07-08T04:12:35Z

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I *think* VLC uses native? It’s been a while since I used it.

It I were to review some video playback interfaces on Apple TV, ...

2026-07-08T03:41:10Z

It I were to review some video playback interfaces on Apple TV, which ones are interesting? (Good or bad.) So far I have native, YouTube, HBO Max, and Netflix.

The lights in my apartment dim whenever Brother starts printing ...

2026-07-06T20:02:02Z

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The lights in my apartment dim whenever Brother starts printing and that adds even more magic to the whole endeavour.

Thanks! Is there any one that stood out to you particularly in ...

2026-07-06T19:15:17Z

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Thanks! Is there any one that stood out to you particularly in recent memory?

Maybe it’s broken in Sequoia? I still see this in an updated ...

2026-07-06T18:57:47Z

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Maybe it’s broken in Sequoia? I still see this in an updated Canary: https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/116874524691788808

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Just one more show option bro. One more show option will fix it.

Just one more show option bro. One more show option will fix it. ...

2026-07-06T18:48:39Z

Just one more show option bro. One more show option will fix it.

I know software updates can be exhausting these days. On top of ...

2026-07-06T16:21:12Z

I know software updates can be exhausting these days. On top of regular weariness of things changing, there’s stuff like Liquid Glass, or thoughtless AI integrations.

So, I’m curious: Was there a recent software update you can remember, anywhere, that just made you happy? Something that made an app genuinely better for you, or showed a developer listening to users, or was just plain old delightful?

Here’s a new, super-interactive essay I wrote about making ...

2026-06-19T17:01:31Z

Here’s a new, super-interactive essay I wrote about making interactions really great for repeated use, motor memory, and so on.

I wanted to share things I learned as a designer throughout the years, and highlight some of the nuances and great anonymous work but others, but do it in a hopefully interesting way.

Also, I just… love this kind of stuff? I don’t know. My hope is that you’ll fall in love with this, too.

*a big screen very, very recommended*

https://aresluna.org/show-your-hands-honor

Petition to change the “getting hit by a bus” expression to ...

2026-06-18T13:50:21Z

Petition to change the “getting hit by a bus” expression to “getting hit by an SUV” – both because it’s more realistic, and also because public transit deserves better!

Who needs a keyboard ...

2026-06-15T04:08:35Z

Who needs a keyboard

It’s weird when you realize plugs and sockets used to be so ...

2026-06-10T20:55:40Z

It’s weird when you realize plugs and sockets used to be so huge you could just label individual pins.

The “secret” phone museum in Stuttgart hiding inside an ...

2026-06-09T17:43:14Z

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The “secret” phone museum in Stuttgart hiding inside an underground station had tons of stuff and working demos and wonderful volunteers.

Völklingen Ironworks was incredible. Imposing and larger than I ...

2026-06-09T17:42:48Z

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Völklingen Ironworks was incredible. Imposing and larger than I imagined and just overwhelming in every possible way.

Thanks again to everyone for suggestions! I just came back from ...

2026-06-09T17:42:20Z

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Thanks again to everyone for suggestions! I just came back from the trip and had a lot of fun. Some highlights:

This might be the first ligature-driven “smart” font I like ...

2026-06-08T15:06:29Z

This might be the first ligature-driven “smart” font I like because it’s clear that you’re not actually meant to use it in a text editor or any other WYSIWYG app – it’s only for a coding text editor (the input is JSON). Clever.

https://franktisellano.github.io/datatype

I heard everyone hates ewoks.

2026-05-26T14:08:55Z

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I heard everyone hates ewoks.

I’ve always been curious if other people could easily suggest ...

2026-05-12T21:37:42Z

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I’ve always been curious if other people could easily suggest alt or cw that you could accept easily through UI. But maybe that’d be abused somehow.

You know what would be cool? A graphic format that would contain ...

2026-04-24T14:42:21Z

You know what would be cool? A graphic format that would contain two bitmaps – one for a light theme, and one for a dark theme – and then whatever app embeds the image would choose one or the other.

Screenshotting in the OS would also automatically generate both bitmaps.

I just saw this on bloomberg.com. (Second screenshot is after I ...

2026-04-21T20:00:47Z

I just saw this on bloomberg.com. (Second screenshot is after I tapped the big button on the first screenshot.)

I was excited about the Apple Pay integration, but my god, is it purposely written in such an obfuscated and dense way to trick me?

It’s $1.99 for first month, $39.99/month afterwards. You could just say that.

Today, I held in my hand a drawing of a Dvorak keyboard… made ...

2026-04-11T02:20:06Z

Today, I held in my hand a drawing of a Dvorak keyboard… made by Dvorak. 😳

All the classic colors of CRTs: amber, white, green, and burn-in. ...

2026-04-09T01:35:08Z

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All the classic colors of CRTs: amber, white, green, and burn-in.

This is a rare space-saving variant of the famous DEC keyboard ...

2026-04-09T01:34:26Z

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This is a rare space-saving variant of the famous DEC keyboard that established the inverse T arrow key standard.

Here: symbols for inverse video, blinking, underlining, and… ...

2026-04-09T01:34:04Z

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Here: symbols for inverse video, blinking, underlining, and… something?

I miss the old terminal proofreading-inspired icons for INSERT ...

2026-04-09T01:33:38Z

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I miss the old terminal proofreading-inspired icons for INSERT and DELETE.

(Mastodon rate limited me! More in a bit.)

2026-04-09T01:06:43Z

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(Mastodon rate limited me! More in a bit.)

Which one is more scary: a Mac keyboard pretending to be a Space ...

2026-04-09T01:05:35Z

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Which one is more scary: a Mac keyboard pretending to be a Space Cadet, or a Kaypro keyboard with an extremely intense overlay?

Loved this guarded (and hyphenated) RESTART key. ...

2026-04-09T01:04:43Z

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Loved this guarded (and hyphenated) RESTART key.

Speaking of, some more nice keyboards. ...

2026-04-09T01:04:25Z

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Speaking of, some more nice keyboards.

…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this ...

2026-04-09T01:03:55Z

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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!

This Dasher line famously inspired Severance set design… ...

2026-04-09T01:03:00Z

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This Dasher line famously inspired Severance set design…

On the other hand, this is a cool way to choose a font. ...

2026-04-09T01:02:33Z

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On the other hand, this is a cool way to choose a font.

A strange way to put an LED inside a button. ...

2026-04-09T01:01:49Z

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A strange way to put an LED inside a button.

Although the FILE UNSAFE… switch? light maybe? was unexpected. ...

2026-04-09T01:01:21Z

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Although the FILE UNSAFE… switch? light maybe? was unexpected.

…and some very good regular switches, too. (I liked the whole ...

2026-04-09T01:01:01Z

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…and some very good regular switches, too.

(I liked the whole hierarchy of toggles in that last photo.)

Some very good on/off switches… ...

2026-04-09T01:00:34Z

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Some very good on/off switches…

DEC disk pacs (and some magnetic tapes) everywhere. ...

2026-04-09T01:00:06Z

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DEC disk pacs (and some magnetic tapes) everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RK05

This magnificent Enter on both sides of this Singer/Friden ...

2026-04-09T00:59:25Z

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This magnificent Enter on both sides of this Singer/Friden minicomputer console.

Some fun photos from Large Scale Systems Museum near Pittsburgh! ...

2026-04-09T00:58:29Z

Some fun photos from Large Scale Systems Museum near Pittsburgh!

I am sending reverse help! Buy more!!! Teletypes are amazing.

2026-04-03T21:40:36Z

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I am sending reverse help! Buy more!!! Teletypes are amazing.

Please send help I keep buying programmable keypads ...

2026-04-03T21:34:58Z

Please send help I keep buying programmable keypads

Here we go: https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-curse-of-the-cursor

2026-03-20T12:44:16Z

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Here we go: https://unsung.aresluna.org/the-curse-of-the-cursor

In this promotional photo from Apple, the headphones are more ...

2026-03-16T02:06:05Z

In this promotional photo from Apple, the headphones are more expensive than the computer.

When researching for my Fn/Globe essay, I found that Centre ...

2026-03-15T18:51:21Z

When researching for my Fn/Globe essay, I found that Centre Pompidou’s site has a bunch of cool photos of Richard Sapper’s IBM PC Convertible models and prototypes. Really fun to see a computer evolve this way.

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/recherche/oeuvres?terms=convertible

I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a ...

2026-03-12T09:24:29Z

I am planning a trip to Germany (especially South Germany) in a few months. If you have any recommendations for tech history, museums, industrial sites, nerdy things, I would appreciate them.

Stuff like Deutsches Museum, the cool train in Wuppertal, Arithmeum and Analog Computer Museum, ZKM, Landschaftspark… Anti-recommendations (“overrated,” “not worth the time”) are also welcome.

Thank you in advance!

I think it’s okay and even necessary to judge a book by the ...

2026-03-11T21:03:28Z

I think it’s okay and even necessary to judge a book by the cover and unfortunately the cover and typesetting and photos in this new book are pretty disappointing. 🙁

Do we need yet another person crashing out about Apple’s design ...

2026-03-09T16:10:23Z

Do we need yet another person crashing out about Apple’s design decisions? Am I doing it only because it’s fashionable to be on Apple Design Hate Train these days? I’ll be honest: I don’t know. But I have been bothered by Apple’s approach to some of its keyboard design for a while.

Even if you don’t care about any of this, it might be a fun visual history of the most tricky of modern modifier keys: the [Fn] key. Hope you like it!

https://aresluna.org/fn

Thanks! Yeah, I can see that. I would imagine it needs to be ...

2026-03-06T12:49:08Z

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Thanks! Yeah, I can see that. I would imagine it needs to be opt-in or carefully onboarded. I also don’t have much hope that Gtk+ had a good UI for it, ha

Also it’s not clear how you remove shortcuts in this kind of a system.

Ugh, Tahoe is so unpolished that if you press on any menu like ...

2026-03-04T03:32:06Z

Ugh, Tahoe is so unpolished that if you press on any menu like this the pop-up contents that appear are misaligned…

…which doesn’t seem like much until you realize that if you click at the bottom, a click and release *without moving your mouse*, which was always 100% safe (and a way to “peek” into a menu to see what’s inside), can now accidentally change your option.

A very good use of Gorton. ...

2026-02-27T15:00:55Z

A very good use of Gorton.

You bet I’m writing a blog post.

2026-02-25T05:45:03Z

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You bet I’m writing a blog post.

For comparison, the 2020 video: ...

2026-02-25T05:42:43Z

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For comparison, the 2020 video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10640/

Answering my own question: ...

2026-02-25T05:40:42Z

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Answering my own question:

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/208 starting at 8:45, but there’s no explanation, just the sort of “we’ve always been at war with eastasia” one expects from Apple’s polished statements.