Nostr notes by Eric's Edge

I do enjoy text adventure games more - like a boomer. I'd ...

2026-09-16T03:51:25Z

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I do enjoy text adventure games more - like a boomer. I'd rather take my time than hack and slash. I've played many first-person-shooters but I'm just not that interested in developing them. Maybe that's what attracts me to developing text and point-and-click text adventure games?

And too old to experience digital gaming as a youth. Some of the ...

2026-09-16T03:51:15Z

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And too old to experience digital gaming as a youth. Some of the conclusions in "The Truth About Baby Boomer Gamers" are applicable to me. I enjoyed pin-ball machines and arcade digital games but never developed the gaming reflexes associated with GenX.

https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northeastern.edu/dist/9/8423/files/2025/05/pearce-2008-the-truth-about-baby-boomer-gamers-a-study-of-over-forty-computer-game-players-1.pdf

I ran into this study while researching game design. It's ...

2026-09-16T03:51:00Z

I ran into this study while researching game design. It's nearly 10 years old and still holds up.

Technically, being born in 1963, I fall into "Generation Jones" - growing up in the shadow of the silent generation - too young to participate in the cultural revolution.

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2026-08-28T11:55:18Z

https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/28/bertrand-russell-nobel-prize-acceptance-speech/

The Three Laws of Cat Herding ...

2026-08-13T14:44:00Z

The Three Laws of Cat Herding

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Three-Laws-I7T42502RL
#cats #herding #management

Playing around with alternative opening scenes for my game. The ...

2026-08-12T01:25:56Z

Playing around with alternative opening scenes for my game. The protagonist in the opening scene compares a crowd of people boarding a train at a station to a European Starling murmuration.

The music is "Our Story Begins" from the prolific Kevin MacLeod. The video is cut from several CC videos.

I'm using Ren'Py to prototype the game while simultaneously building the game in HyperCard. Several HyperCard for Ren'Py developer blog posts and/or videos may result.

https://youtu.be/6Il_juGNVBY

Quantum of Solace youtu.be/IJ7SiDlikXQ #Macintosh #Quantum ...

2026-08-11T19:07:35Z

Quantum of Solace
youtu.be/IJ7SiDlikXQ
#Macintosh #Quantum #Sticky #Bumper #Restoration

I feel a similar vibe with the vintage computer hobby. And in a ...

2026-07-04T14:04:58Z

I feel a similar vibe with the vintage computer hobby. And in a different way. Our greatest challenge will be a scarcity of original components followed by the art and craftsmanship dying off. It is critical that we inspire the next generation, or it dies with us.

https://youtu.be/c8svUszBVxo?is=I0b2oTpsViwc8n0e

Development Blog - Three Ways of Knowing Building a Murder ...

2026-07-03T03:06:09Z

Development Blog - Three Ways of Knowing
Building a Murder Mystery Game on Peircean Semiotics

#Peirce
#Game
#Design
#Semiotics

Current annoyance - overfilled fruit cups. Must be opened over a ...

2026-07-01T16:37:08Z

Current annoyance - overfilled fruit cups. Must be opened over a sink to avoid spilling. Why?

#annoyed
#packaging

Another developer blog entry. This post is about one of the ...

2026-06-29T17:47:00Z

Another developer blog entry. This post is about one of the characters I'm developing for a game.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-O5K022A6G0

I joined the RIFA smoking club this weekend. Took some #Macintosh ...

2026-06-21T12:36:19Z

I joined the RIFA smoking club this weekend.
Took some #Macintosh computers to our #LAVCC meetup Saturday. And reveled in the smell of burning plastic and sadness.

I will be at our second official LAVCC event is tomorrow, ...

2026-06-20T01:27:41Z

I will be at our second official LAVCC event is tomorrow, Saturday, June 20th at the Lansing Makers Network from 11AM to 5PM.

As always, the event is entirely free, and I’ll have Adventure! The Quack of Dawn running if you want to play the game.

https://lavcc.org/events/3

Development Blog - The Arbiters of Agency ...

2026-06-12T19:59:11Z

Development Blog - The Arbiters of Agency

https://ko-fi.com/Post/Development-Blog--Arbiters-of-Agency-L2F421AAJA

I’m working on the script for a point-and-clip murder mystery ...

2026-06-10T02:11:15Z

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I’m working on the script for a point-and-clip murder mystery game inspired by The Last Express. No rotoscoping - more of a filmstrip made in HyperCard.

Development Blog - Prior Art ...

2026-06-07T16:44:43Z

Development Blog - Prior Art

https://ko-fi.com/post/Development-Blog--Prior-Art-K1W020ZB8J

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2026-05-30T14:15:32Z

https://ko-fi.com/post/Developers-Blog--A-Fist-Full-of-Androids-Y3W620HBUQ

Oh great and powerful Internet Netizens, hear my plea! I’m ...

2026-05-24T14:06:34Z

Oh great and powerful Internet Netizens, hear my plea!

I’m working on a game. A point and click game. A murder mystery game. Starting with a script with an embedded player decision tree. The script reads much like a choose your own adventure book.

I wonder - would morphing it into a choose your own adventure book when I ask for peer reviews. Do people think that would be more palatable than a script full of forking decision tree notes? It feels like it would.

#game #design #adventure #script

Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer's Blog - ...

2026-05-23T04:33:15Z

Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer's Blog - 2026/5/23
Character Profiles

https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-B3L2201JD3

I would venture that you have more issues than a freeloader.

2026-05-20T02:12:57Z

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I would venture that you have more issues than a freeloader.

You can follow my #game #development bloggity #blog posts here: ...

2026-05-14T15:07:53Z

You can follow my #game #development bloggity #blog posts here: https://ko-fi.com/ericsedge/posts

Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer’s Blog - ...

2026-05-14T14:12:20Z

Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer’s Blog - 2026/5/14
Character Profiles

https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-Y8Y51ZJDEB

it’s so… analog.

2026-05-08T10:21:30Z

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it’s so… analog.

thanks. Endeavoring to keep it from being derivative.

2026-05-08T01:59:55Z

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thanks. Endeavoring to keep it from being derivative.

I printed a thing. ...

2026-05-08T01:49:15Z

I printed a thing.

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2026-05-05T20:53:59Z

https://ko-fi.com/post/Death-at-Dawn-on-the-Orient-Star--A-Developers-B-O5O11Z0VUY

Death at Dawn on the Orient Star - A Developer’s Blog - 2026/5/05
Character Profiles

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2026-04-25T00:04:16Z

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Ghost-in-the-Automated-Loom-W7W31YECCJ?fromEditor=true

The Ghost in the Automated "Loom"
Reclaiming Job’s Bicycle for the Mind
Are we using AI to reach new destinations, or are we just enjoying the leisure of no longer having to pedal?

Every single interaction with the 🍊💩 is about himself.

2026-04-21T14:59:40Z

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Every single interaction with the 🍊💩 is about himself.

I imagine there are similar descriptions for train engineers and ...

2026-04-15T00:35:41Z

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I imagine there are similar descriptions for train engineers and other staff. Could someone recognize the difference between German, French, or Hungarian track sounds as cars went snick-snick or clack-clack? Were sections of track played with longer or shorter sections of rail in different regions?

Train enthusiasts hear my plea! As some of you know, I’m ...

2026-04-15T00:35:40Z

Train enthusiasts hear my plea!
As some of you know, I’m writing the script for a point-and-click game. I am looking for descriptions of vintage train experiences from the 1890s.
As an analogy, commander Scot makes a comment to Picard in an episode of TNG that he “could tell the warp speed from the vibration in the deck plates” on the original Enterprise.

Bloggity blog post on my next game. "Death on the Orient ...

2026-04-10T16:47:15Z

Bloggity blog post on my next game. "Death on the Orient Star".

#game #programming #HyperCard #blog

https://ko-fi.com/post/Game-Development-Blog-M4M21XKZ01

this is where I love choices. I learned early on to accept ...

2026-04-09T23:56:46Z

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this is where I love choices. I learned early on to accept everyone has a preference and linters are the solution. I’d rather use a language that allows a choice than one that does not.

not only agree regarding curly braces to delimit code blocks, I ...

2026-04-09T22:53:29Z

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not only agree regarding curly braces to delimit code blocks, I also am not a fan of K&R style positioning. I prefer my open and close pairs to align with the start of the statement.

#MARCHintosh 2026 #GlobalTalk https://youtu.be/52kS0akTlHY

2026-03-29T20:03:47Z

#MARCHintosh 2026
#GlobalTalk

https://youtu.be/52kS0akTlHY

#MARCHintosh #Globaltalk ...

2026-03-29T18:40:43Z

#MARCHintosh #Globaltalk

#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk ...

2026-03-28T23:10:28Z

#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk

I’m sure there’s a way to interface a ticker tape printer ...

2026-03-27T19:44:16Z

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I’m sure there’s a way to interface a ticker tape printer using Baudot code!

if it has a driver for it then sure. I’ve only used Apple ...

2026-03-27T19:33:25Z

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if it has a driver for it then sure. I’ve only used Apple branded printers.
What printer model?

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2026-03-27T19:28:38Z

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#MARCHintosh #Globaltalk ...

2026-03-27T19:26:52Z

#MARCHintosh #Globaltalk

it could. I think the drastic changes in the delivery model away ...

2026-03-23T21:56:23Z

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it could. I think the drastic changes in the delivery model away from broadcasting has left them behind. The conditions that created the popularity of TNG no longer exist.

they are chasing after the past. Expecting broadcast era ...

2026-03-23T21:33:13Z

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they are chasing after the past. Expecting broadcast era blockbusters like TNG.

Livestream in like 10 minutes. Just talking about what's ...

2026-03-21T15:07:42Z

Livestream in like 10 minutes. Just talking about what's going on.

https://youtube.com/live/FeKqrnWCfC0

please post what you find out. This is courteously fascinating ...

2026-03-20T14:45:43Z

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please post what you find out. This is courteously fascinating for some reason.

249 weeks until I can retire. If things go as planned. ...

2026-03-20T14:43:41Z

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249 weeks until I can retire. If things go as planned. Unfortunately, they rarely do.

1000%

2026-03-20T14:42:23Z

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1000%

as long as we can still boycott them I’m fine with that. ...

2026-03-20T14:41:02Z

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as long as we can still boycott them I’m fine with that. Complaining directly might address individual instances but do they deserve second and third chances? I think not.

Target’s situation in the U.S. comes to mind. Until they reverse their DEI abandonment, I will continue to boycott them. They know this and are still trying to eat their consumer cake and keep it too. Epic fail.

same.

2026-03-20T14:37:04Z

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same.

all the feelz. I have the same situation and it was my proposal ...

2026-03-20T14:35:30Z

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all the feelz. I have the same situation and it was my proposal at that. Nobody to blame but myself.

I understand. It’s not unlike the issues I face managing ...

2026-03-20T14:31:53Z

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I understand. It’s not unlike the issues I face managing employees. Intent, attitude, and effort conflated with results. Mix in a healthy dose of external variables and it’s a mess.

I would first ask myself, aside from what your administration ...

2026-03-20T14:17:58Z

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I would first ask myself, aside from what your administration says, what’s your goal?

Today’s #marchintosh #globaltalk ...

2026-03-19T14:23:47Z

Today’s #marchintosh #globaltalk

We are here, and it’s not working (for us). This is a loosing ...

2026-03-15T17:54:12Z

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We are here, and it’s not working (for us). This is a loosing strategy.

“Sue them, wait six months, win the funding back, send the donation email, post on social media celebrating the win, and the media covers it as humiliating Trump.”

Our local vintage computer club made the local news. #lavcc ...

2026-03-15T16:19:27Z

Our local vintage computer club made the local news. #lavcc

https://www.wilx.com/2026/03/14/lansing-area-vintage-computer-club-holds-first-public-meet/

Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig Ort https://roaneband.com/ One of ...

2026-03-15T16:16:16Z

Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig Ort

https://roaneband.com/

One of our friends from the Michigan Renaissance Festival

We had a great first event for our Lansing Area Vintage Computer ...

2026-03-14T23:31:05Z

We had a great first event for our Lansing Area Vintage Computer club. Thank you to all presenters and participants.
A special thanks to Lansing Makers Network for hosting us.

https://lavcc.org/

https://www.lansingmakersnetwork.org/

If you are in the Lansing Michigan area today, we are having a ...

2026-03-14T12:26:04Z

If you are in the Lansing Michigan area today, we are having a vintage computer get together at the Lansing Maker’s Network of Pennsylvania Ave.
The event is free. Runs from 11 am to 5 pm.

https://lavcc.org/events/2

Womp womp #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk ...

2026-03-12T11:38:09Z

Womp womp #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk

Today’s #marchintosh #globaltalk ...

2026-03-11T22:49:36Z

Today’s #marchintosh #globaltalk

Tell a story from the information’s perspective. It is first in ...

2026-03-09T16:34:03Z

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Tell a story from the information’s perspective. It is first in the form of a photon. The photon “hits” the lens, how it is refracted, how it is absorbed and transformed into a chemical signal, then a neuron impulse, how the structures combine it with other stimuli into “information”, yada yada.

Like the way “Flatland” explains two and three dimensions.

I was reading this article and had a thought. I know just enough ...

2026-03-09T16:32:53Z

I was reading this article and had a thought. I know just enough biochemistry to be dangerous. Most of what I know is very outdated. I digress. This article does a great job of explaining things and I would love another perspective…

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/the-vertebrate-eye-may-have-begun-as-a-cyclops/

What if it explained the differences between the different “eye” structures and sensing processes by describing the information path and transformation starting with a photon and ending with our perception?

And yet more #marchintosh #globaltalk ...

2026-03-09T02:14:07Z

And yet more #marchintosh #globaltalk

And more #marchintosh #globaltalk ...

2026-03-08T16:41:31Z

And more #marchintosh #globaltalk

beats my setup under my bench. ...

2026-03-07T15:18:21Z

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beats my setup under my bench.

I have code I wrote older than their parents.

2026-03-07T04:08:50Z

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I have code I wrote older than their parents.

they will try to double down on AI as a false hope. Not a bubble ...

2026-03-07T03:01:38Z

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they will try to double down on AI as a false hope. Not a bubble that pops. An implosion.

and then that vintage equipment is contraband. Followed by ...

2026-03-07T02:14:04Z

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and then that vintage equipment is contraband. Followed by “firemen” who burn your computers and the software you’ve hidden in your toaster.

maybe more of the Y2K shock trooper that parachute in make bank ...

2026-03-06T20:42:15Z

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maybe more of the Y2K shock trooper that parachute in make bank and disappear.

there will be a new class of cleaner-uppers who follow behind the ...

2026-03-06T20:39:24Z

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there will be a new class of cleaner-uppers who follow behind the LLMs. I predict a retirement market similar to COBOL.

yep. It’s a mixed bag. I feel a Classic CS education is helpful ...

2026-03-06T20:33:43Z

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yep. It’s a mixed bag.
I feel a Classic CS education is helpful and necessary for blending edge work or research. At the other end of the spectrum, your everyday forms over data app developers do not need that kind of gatekeeping. There’s room under the big tent for all kinds of talent.

this is good - for the businesses. Unlikely to lower prices or ...

2026-03-06T20:26:05Z

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this is good - for the businesses. Unlikely to lower prices or trickle down to consumers unfortunately.

yes. My minor was in mathematics and my computer science major ...

2026-03-06T20:22:57Z

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yes. My minor was in mathematics and my computer science major was under the mathematics department instead of engineering.

In hindsight, since I decided not to pursue a masters, I could have used some basic business and accounting courses. I often wonder what might have been if I’d stayed at uni. I had intended to pursue an information science master/phd. My wife had other plans.

it’s a #MARCHintosh miracle!

2026-03-06T20:08:48Z

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it’s a #MARCHintosh miracle!

it wants to follow you home.

2026-03-06T19:29:28Z

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it wants to follow you home.

“I have code older than your parents.” From: ...

2026-03-06T19:26:59Z

“I have code older than your parents.”

From: [@Natasha_Jay](https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay )
https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/116180497994870609

I’ll join in with a bit of paraphrasing. It’s 1987. I’m ...

2026-03-06T19:24:09Z

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I’ll join in with a bit of paraphrasing.

It’s 1987. I’m forking this process in C and my library code isn’t reentrant….

have you ever tried applying rubber restoration gunk?

2026-03-06T18:49:53Z

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have you ever tried applying rubber restoration gunk?

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2026-03-06T14:52:15Z

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the single sheet feeder? That’s a fairly rare item. The only ...

2026-03-06T14:50:02Z

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the single sheet feeder? That’s a fairly rare item. The only other person I know who has one is Mac84 🍏 (npub1lsg…7m6c)

hmmmm, when did I setup cross posting between bsky and mastodon ...

2026-03-06T14:48:21Z

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hmmmm, when did I setup cross posting between bsky and mastodon and how did I do that?

Is everyone enjoying #MARCHintosh 2026? Do you have a #GlobalTalk ...

2026-03-06T14:45:43Z

Is everyone enjoying #MARCHintosh 2026?

Do you have a #GlobalTalk setup?

* Post anything about Macintosh stuff en les réseaux sociaux?

** Make curmudgeonly blog statements about your vintage computer affairs?

Let us know! Drop in the hashtag!

* je ne parle pas français.
** sorry/not sorry.

You know it’s #MARCHintosh when you walk past the basement ...

2026-03-05T21:06:47Z

You know it’s #MARCHintosh when you walk past the basement stair and wonder what’s wrong with the furnace blower and suddenly remember you’re on #GlobalTalk and someone is printing to your ImageWriter II.

looking forward to trying this out!

2026-03-05T15:26:48Z

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looking forward to trying this out!

from across the pond and back… #MARCHintosh ...

2026-03-01T22:08:30Z

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from across the pond and back…
#MARCHintosh

illegally placed dumpster

2026-03-01T01:07:09Z

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illegally placed dumpster

WOOT!

2026-02-26T20:30:16Z

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WOOT!

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2026-02-26T18:46:49Z

https://ko-fi.com/post/MARCHintosh-GlobalTalk-2026-Y8Y51UZEOM

Hey there, tech lovers! Are you tired of messy drawers and floppy ...

2026-02-19T18:52:43Z

Hey there, tech lovers! Are you tired of messy drawers and floppy disks lying all over the place? Well, have we got the solution for you: introducing the Pop-a-Flop!

#popaflop #floppy #disk #retro

https://ko-fi.com/post/Pop-a-Flop-E1E61UKB38

https://lavcc.org/events/2 The #Lansing Area #Vintage #Computer ...

2026-02-18T16:31:29Z

https://lavcc.org/events/2

The #Lansing Area #Vintage #Computer #Club is holding their first event on **Saturday, March 14th** In Lansing Michigan at the Lansing Makers Network from 11AM to 5PM.

The event is entirely free, and there will be several VCF-style displays, some meeting and greeting!
#LAVCC

Once you morge continvoucly you never go back!

2026-02-17T15:17:29Z

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Once you morge continvoucly you never go back!

Never morg back. Must always morg forward!

2026-02-17T14:03:56Z

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Never morg back. Must always morg forward!

Funny you should mention that. I'm writing a brochure for ...

2026-02-16T18:16:48Z

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Funny you should mention that. I'm writing a brochure for "I just bought this Mac Plus! Now what?"

exactly. WordStar was this for me. Also MacWrite. It was simple ...

2026-02-16T18:11:05Z

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exactly. WordStar was this for me. Also MacWrite. It was simple and revolutionary at the same time.

I've stopped using the dash, en-dash, hyphen, and em-dash.

2026-02-16T16:36:31Z

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I've stopped using the dash, en-dash, hyphen, and em-dash.

"The more I used it, the more I liked it. dBASE II is ...

2026-02-16T16:34:30Z

"The more I used it, the more I liked it. dBASE II is uninviting, but good."

Good read. I feel much the same way about most of the early software I used.

https://stonetools.ghost.io/dbase-cpm/

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…“Movements, protest movements, defiant movements, movements that break the rules, are the main lever, the main weapon, that ordinary people have in realizing their aspirations and protecting their democratic rights.”

Excerpts From
“Opinion | The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation”
Mark Engler, Paul Engler
The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defeat-trump-mass-non-cooperation

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….“Whirlwind moments of grassroots action should … be seen as opportunities both to alter broader political conditions and draw in new recruits for the ongoing struggle in many arenas.”…

…“Democracies under assault cannot rely on existing checks ...

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…“Democracies under assault cannot rely on existing checks and balances alone, they must be fortified by activated citizens. To simply declare a constitutional crisis and plead powerlessness is to accept pre-emptive ruin. The real question is how to respond when the safeguards we were told would protect us fail.”…

The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation “Mainstream ...

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The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation

“Mainstream political thinking in the US sees power as “monolithic,” resting in the hands of senators, generals, billionaires, presidents and CEOs. From that vantage point, the options for opposing a rogue administration seem desperately thin: wait for elections, file a lawsuit, hope for some unforeseen maneuver by elites. This worldview breeds despair.”…

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