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Don Meyer

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<p>Programmer (Embedded &amp; iOS). Wrote the GUI for the Amiga OS backup app back in the day.<br />Board gamer. Adult Fan of Lego. Sailor. Scuba diver. Car guy. Private pilot. Kayaker. </p><p>Lifelong Science Fiction fan. Ardent Browncoat. Would have a tough time choosing between a Firefly and a Tardis.</p>

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    @AlSweigart You can control that? Huh. I assumed it was always just “puny human”.

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    Well that was tense! Congratulations to our four new moon astronauts for a successful splashdown.! #NASA

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    If Hungary can do it, so can we! #Politics #USPolitics

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    RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/116409498279475004 This is truly a terrible change. Love how companies delight in giving their customers less and charging more. Going to seriously consider dropping my subscription. Plenty of good shows available ftom streamers that care about their viewer’s experience. #Netflix #enshittification

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    I picked up a classic Macintosh (Mac SE) at the SoCal Vintage Computer Festival that was held recently. Since I came into the Mac world about the time of OSX Panther, the earlier “System” stuff was all new to me. It&amp;#39;s been a lot of fun learning about Macs of that era, and comparing them to my experiences with the Amiga, which was my first computer with a GUI. #RetroComputing #classicmacs

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    (More Classic Macintosh musings….) One thing that comes through when playing with that Macintosh SE is the thought and care that the people at Apple put into it. I miss the old Apple, the one that obsessed about every pixel of their UI. Because today, sadly, they just… don’t. #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

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    I miss the days of physical manuals, and Apple’s were really done well. Reading the 1988 “Macintosh Utilities User Guide”, I was struck by the CloseView chapter, the feature that allows magnifying the screen to help those with visual imparement. In the manual, that chapter is printed in a much larger font! It’s touches like that that made me fall in love with the circa-2003 Apple when I bought my first Mac — an iMac G5. #ClassicMacs #RetroComputing #Apple

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag/116415176098869774 Very cool! Roger Zelazny had a huge impact on me as a college student back in the day. Incredibly memorable books and their characters.

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    @scalzi Merry Christmas!

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    RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/116100741765872911 Perfect. #USPolitics

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    Well, now I have a better idea of just how detailed an item my 3D printer can print. Old (30+ years) Mac floppy drives have a tiny eject mechanism gear that becomes brittle. You can find a design for this gear that allows printing them. My resulting gear was way too low-resolution for a gear this size, sigh. Time to buy one. #MacintoshSE #RetroComputing #3DPrinting

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod/116081950773406502 I backed this on Kickstarter because I absolutely hate the games that are “free” but require endless purchase of the stuff you need to play. Well, that and the fact that The Iconfactory is awesome! #VideoGames #Iconfactory