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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

If You Can Afford to Send Katy Perry to Space — artist unknown in London, UK 🇬🇧 streetartutopia.com/2025/04/20/stre… #StreetArt #PublicArt #Mural

If You Can Afford to Send Katy Perry to Space in London, UK

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

What an amazing coincidence Also subtitles are disabled lol #ヤニねこ

A screenshot of THE FIRST TAKE YouTube channel showing the latest song by WASURERANNEYO with the song count being 0721

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

#PHP living up to their reputation of being a complete joke. They still haven't released the update to patch a massive exploit in their runtime even as it's being exploited live. Now I'm left considering if I should adopt CloudFlare (who are live patching it in their WAF), take down customer […]

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Miguel Arroz @arroz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Ready to test the recapped board, for now with a sacrificial HD and voltmeters on all rails. This is it, folks! #RetroApple

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xssfox (crossy) @xssfox.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

> Town's only unleaded service station blames rising costs for cutting off supply If only there was a way to distribute fuel to everyone's homes or create it from the sun.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

"The people on X are so nice and welcoming!"

A screenshot of Pierre-Louis Biojout posting on Twitter about him making a call of duty style zombie shooter of Tenderloin in San Francisco

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Ooooh wow github.com/ardiri/dev-palmos/tree/m… A historical collection of Palm OS development resources, including SDKs, technical documentation, developer conference presentations, source code, utilities, examples, and other materials accumulated during the early years of mobile […]

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Ann Annas @ananas.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Oᴜʀ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ sʏsᴛᴇᴍs ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜsʟʏ ᴍɪᴅ ᴛᴏᴏᴛɪɴɢ ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴏᴛ ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ ǫᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀ ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴇʀ ʙᴏᴛᴛᴏᴍ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʀʀᴇʟ sʜɪᴛᴘᴏsᴛɪɴɢ Tʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Finally, a CAPTCHA that doesn't require me to instantly know what American fire hydrants or school buses look like.

A grid showing 16 different Roman busts, with the rubric "Please click each image containing an emperor of the Flavian dynasty
If there are none, click skip"

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Royce Williams @tychotithonus.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Highly motivated to seek folks with Whistle InterJets -- late-90s 486 SOHO Internet appliance on FreeBSD 2.2.x, resold by ISPs in the US, Europe, and Asia (IBM bought and sunsetted it, and sold off the whistle.com domain). People with long ISP memories may […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

A live Whistle InterJet, next to a Whistle-branded coffee cup. About the size of a large toaster, it features a green LCD screen and a blue rubbery keypad. The LED in the upper left is orange because the unit is running on its own internal UPS battery.

The case of a unit is open, showing a vertical mainboard with two 32 MB SIMMs, a 486 covered by a heat sink, and a transcend 8 GB IDE flash. The main board is plugged into a horizontal backplane on the bottom.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I tried getting him to introduce himself, it went as well as you can imagine

A chat log

kalleboo: @Ameliobot: i'm considering tooting about you. wanna try introducing yourself? start with I am..
AmelioBot: I Am I going to include a number of people who work on anything you want; Sculley had used an extreme technique I refer to as Gils hatchet man, and be so intuitive that a spectrum of equally defensible realities exists.
kalleboo: @AmelioBot: you
AmelioBot: I knew what he had tried to make sure you get it settled with an enthusiasm that reinforced my intuition, the two-day off-site accomplished almost nothing except proving to me, the CEO had been gone for something else. We're going to happen. There was no novice at corporate headquarters.
kalleboo: @AmelioBot: but you ARE the CEO
AmelioBot: The CEO of Claris to a series of wrestling matches with some sixty or so for his own computer into the company. And the calls came rolling in. I said so, although l've always been comfortable with risk-taking, forecasting a timetable for profitability.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

#GlobalTalk Chat has finally joined the Artificial Intelligence age! Using state-of-the-art 1980’s Markov chain technology (made famous for powering Mark V. Shaney on Usenet net.singles), we now have our very own Dr. Gilbert “Gil” Amelio to chat with when we […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

A screenshot of a chat window with kalleboo interrogating @AmelioBot who is responding with utter nonsense

The cover of the book “On the Firing Line: My 500 days at Apple”

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Putting this on my OS 9 Mac for VCF next year (and then getting dragged out into the street and beaten)

OS 9 Mac with the user shell replaced by a Windows 98-esque interface

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I just spent far too much time recreating one of the greatest moments in cinema history #mb #PDA #RetroComputing

A Casio Cassiopeia with Microsoft Pocket Excel open with the text “WHERE YOU AT? HOLLA WHEN YOU GET H” written in cell A1

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

This joke toot also brings up something interesting about Linux™. Back in the good old days when enbies were enbies and had real jobs as "webmxsters," our interfaces were named eth0, eth1, etc. These were memorable and easy to type. The problem is that it meant that the naming of your […]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

During the big Kumamoto earthquake earlier this year, there was a field right at the fault line where you could see on a security camera how the ground went up a meter right before your eyes. Last week they harvested the field under the supervision of the local university, revealing the ground […]

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Also to clarify, it's apparently been down long enough that Google has swapped it out for a vibe-slopped replacement (ironic) by some German dude. Of course this version is powered by Google and sponsored by the Homophobe Browser. In addition to being vibe-coded slop Kind of a disappointing end

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Apparently FrogFind, the search engine for vintage computers has been down for some time You know what'd be really cool? If someone made a "retro internet" service. That let #retrocomputing folk all over the world connect *their own retro gear in* […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Thanks to everyone else leaving bitbang.social I haven't had a single favorite/retoot failed error ever since The Event, before that it was happing all the time every day

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Miguel Arroz @arroz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Same exact PowerPlant class, running on Mac OS 9.2.1 and System 7.1 😁 #retroApple #retroCoding

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Filled up our kei with a bunch of stuff we can actually make use of and that's it for this time

A small kei car filled with a huge pile of wooden planks, a shop vac, IR heater, etc

Like... 30 2 meter plants leaned up against a wall

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

There were also these gorgeous PC98 series boxes, which were sadly filled with junk (old basic wooden electronic circuit project boards from a school - like 30 copies of "connect a lamp to a battery")

NEC
NECバーソナルコンビュータ
PC-980ロシリーズ
PC-9801 DR/U2

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

More going through my late Father-in-laws stuff to clean out. Interesting finds: an overhead projector transparency for teaching multimeter usage, and a book on making JIS-standard mechanical drawings.

An overhead projector transparency with a print of a multimeter dial, with the needle being punched through with a rivet that csn pivot

A blue book with a drawing of a gear on it

吉沢武男編
学博士
JIS機械製図
3訂版
Machine Drawing
森北出版株式会社
506

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:omya_linux: sinza @sinza.oldbytes.space.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Hi! I'm looking for a job or gig! I live in the US (Central Indiana), and would much much rather work remotely. I have system administration experience with #WindowsServer, #Linux, and #OpenBSD professionally. I strongly prefer the #BSD family of OSes and am willing to work with #NetBSD and […]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

The brainwashing of my kids is going well, my daughter brought this book about #HatsuneMiku home from the school library #初音ミク #VOCALOID

A book with a drawing of someone riding a bike over Hatsune mikus hair

わかし初音ミクこまっているの
たなかひたる

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

@siracusa I tend to agree, but in that case the traditional support channel is even less capable of fixing it, at least the executive support channel is in a slightly better position of getting it to someone who is actually responsible. Thst said, as a third party, I am enjoying listening to […]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

@siracusa I know you want to keep your powder dry but at this rate this is going to blow up in media instead which they will see as worse. I had a friend where his Apple Watch repair return box never arrived and support gaslit him, I told him to email to Tim Cook, the next day it was resolved […]

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Lucie / minute @mntmn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

what's missing: classic macintosh style disk auto-ejection, but for sd cards

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Merlin's Wisdom Project @merlinwisdom.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Before you freak out about how you are feeling right now, ask yourself how much (or how little) you're having of sleep, food, sex, water, exercise, alcohol, drugs, sunshine, human touch, family time, and probably some other stuff I don't know of but you definitely will.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Yes @fergycool , you are! Heck, with how rare these are, and how unpopular PowerTalk was, possibly ever? #GlobalTalk #VintageApple #RetroComputing #PowerTalk

A screenshot of System 7.1.1 Pro PowerTalk receiving an email that says

Subject RefRouter here I come!

Hello Karl!
Am I the first person to send a "PowerMail" through the RefRouter?
(at least in this decade!).
Cheers
Chris (fergycool!)

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I think the serial number E-630059 means this is the 59th one ever made. Looking at other Interware product photos people have taken online (their graphics cards and CPU upgrades were quite popular), the first letter means category (V video card, M mac cpu, P picpom, E ethernet), and the next […]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Update: I found a reference to the Interware "RefEther” ethernet card for Classic II on an old japanese blog. tanu.yokochou.com/MR/MacintoshRepai…

A screen shot of a website in searing green

ClassicIIでEthernetを

MacintoshはLocalTalkで簡単にネットワークが組めるのが売りでしたが、最近のMacにはシリアル(プリンタ/モデム)ポートがありません。そういう新型Macと旧型Macをつなぐにはいくつか手段はありますが、ClassicIIにEthernetボードを追加してみました。

使ったのはインタウェア製の「RefEther」で、作業自体はとても簡単に済みました。本体を開き、ボードを差し、線をつなぐという簡単なもので、ほほいのほいでした。ところが、困難はその後に待ち受けていたのです。

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Aside: When looking through old Japanese Mac Magazines on the Internet Archive searching for any kind of review, mention, catalog price listing, anything, I came across this absolutely wild magazine ad

A full-spread black and white magazine ad listing the prices of computer hardware and accessories in Japanese by 大西ジム, but it gets more and more schizophrenic with prices haphazardly stuck at angles in different font faces and sizes.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Appendix: The 5V power supply is this module screwed to the lid. I really like this solution of basically mounting the wall-wart INSIDE the device. Wish more hardware did this!

A device opened up to reveal a PCB on the bottom half and a metal lid with a TDK Power Supply FMP05-2R0 screwed to the top, with wires going from the AC cable to a header on the PCB.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Very glad to have this seemingly ultra-rare device put back into work doing what it was built for on my network! If anyone else has better research skills than me I’d love to find out more about it and its brethren the RefBridge and RefLaser. Or if someone […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

The router box on a desk with its activity lights lit next to an ImageWriter II.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I could probably solve this by restarting AIR, but that would kick everyone else off of Chat so I’ll just try changing network numbers so it queries for a new zone name. And it worked! No more ghost zone, and asking on chat it seems my LocalTalk stuff is also […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

Screenshot of Apple Internet Router showing networks 2940 BaroNet and 2943 BaroNet

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I asked on GlobalTalk Chat and… oh that’s weird. Not visible on BaroNet but there’s a vestigial “RefRouter LocalTalk” hanging around, with all my LocalTalk stuff in it. That was my original sample network! Indeed, even my EtherTalk machines are seeing the […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

A system 7 screenshot of a chat log. The text is too long to fit in an alt text but it is me asking if someone can see my devices, fergycool couldn’t in BaroNet but Daniel noticed the RefRouter LocalTalk zone

Chooser Screenshot showing RefRouter LocalTalk (empty)

Screenshot of Apple Internet Router showing networks 2940 BaroNet and 2941 RefRouter LocalTalk

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

2️⃣nd attempt, sharing a Zone name. Taking the previous configuration, and just changing the LocalTalk zone to match the EtherTalk zone. First of all now the network list looks sane. And on my machines, all looks good now! LocalTalk machines see EtherTalk […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

The LocalTalk Config dialog again, now with the zone named BaroNet

The same screenshot with a list of networks from before but 2940 and 2941 both being named “BaroNet”

Composite of 4 screenshots:
“Machine on LocalTalk” has two chooser screenshots revealing zone BaroNet, with file servers and an ImageWriter visible
“Machine on EtherTalk” has two chooser screenshots revealing zone BaroNet with file servers and an ImageWriter visible

Trawl Screenshot

Name
Type
Address

10.29.0.14
IPGATEWAY
2941.129.72

RetRouterTOPO10B05
RetDevice Router TCP
2941.129.254

10.29.0.14
IP ADDRESS
2941.129.72

Quicksilver 2002
Workstation
2940.15.4

pi
Workstation
2940.186.4

landisk
Laser writer
2940.174.128

Wallstreet
Macintosh PowerBook
2940.45.252

Blackbird
PowerBook 520/540(c)
2940.1.253

Aurora 2.0
Macintosh Ilcx
2941.59.255

ImageShrieker (B/W)
ImageWriter
2941.134.138

1 Zone: 8 Nodes

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

This isn’t working though, and the results are strange. My Mac on LocalTalk finds itself on the new “BaroNet LocalTalk” zone, but it doesn’t even see the BaroNet zone or any shares on it. My Mac on EtherTalk sees the LocalTalk devices… on BaroNet! Meanwhile […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

Composite of 3 screenshots:
“Machine on LocalTalk” has two chooser screenshots revealing zone BaroNet LocalTalk, with no file server and one ImageWriter
“Machine on EtherTalk” reveals zone BaroNet with an ImageWriter

The same screenshot with a list of networks from before but 2940 and 2941 both being named “BaroNet LocalTalk” is highlighted.

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

1️⃣st attempt, using a separate Zone name for LocalTalk. Starting with the previous config, I change EtherTalk to “Nonseed” so it just becomes a client on my main network ("BaroNet”) that's already beeing seeded by Apple Internet Router. The config window […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

The list of configured networks, now showing:
EtherTalk (non seed)
LocalTalk Net: 2941, Zone: BaroNet LocalTalk

The EtherTalk config dialog.
Now “Nonseed” is checked

The LocalTalk config dialog, now zone is “BaroNet LocalTalk”

The list of visible networks, now showing all of GlobalTalk

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Now we’ve used this guy to set up everything your small Mac office would need. You got your Ethernet machines and your LocalTalk machines and printers all talking to each other, and even got the LocalTalk machines onto the Internet! But now it's time to figure out how to put this to REAL use on […]

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Karl Baron @kalleboo.bitbang.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Our MacIP setup works perfectly as well with no drama, with my IIcx picking up the MacIP Gateway on the RefRouter LocalTalk Zone. We can ping, and even load websites! I’m not sure where it picked the IP address from though, as that did not come from my […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

MacTCP window showing LocalTalk selected on the zone RefRouter LocalTalk, and an IP Address 10.29.0.21 assigned

MacTCP Ping pinging google 5 times successfully

MacWeb 2.0c browser opening ip.mroach.com

Screenshot of a dialog that says “The number of IP Clients is out of range”. Behind the IP config dialog can be seen with 10 static ip clients and 11 dynamic ip clients.

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